Where does “opifex” come from?
opifex (Latin) comes from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
opifex (Latin): Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan
Definitions
- Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan
Ancestry of “opifex”, step by step
opifex traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Ops
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 2 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 3 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 4 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 5 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |