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Where does “officīna” come from?

officīna (Latin) comes from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

Ancestry of “officīna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinopificiumwork
2LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
3LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
4Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
5Latinopscen—
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus
8Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
10Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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