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Where does “okkażjonali” come from?

okkażjonali (Maltese) comes from Italian occasionale, from Italian occasione, from Russian оказия, from Polish okazja, from Latin occasio, from Latin occasus, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

okkażjonali (Maltese): occasional

Definitions

  1. occasional

Ancestry of “okkażjonali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianoccasionaleoccasional, chance; casual, odd
2Italianoccasioneopportunity, chance, occasion, scope;...
3Russianоказияopportunity; unexpected event
4Polishokazja—
5Latinoccasiooccasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time,...
6Latinoccasussetting; west; western
7Latinoccidō—
8Latinob-towards; against
9Latinobolusobolus
10Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
11Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
12Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
13Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
14Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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