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Where does “okkażjonalment” come from?

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

okkażjonalment (Maltese): occasionally

Definitions

  1. occasionally

Ancestry of “okkażjonalment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianoccasionalmentefortuitously, by chance; occasionally, sometimes,...
2Italianoccasionaleoccasional, chance; casual, odd
3Italianoccasioneopportunity, chance, occasion, scope;...
4Russianоказияopportunity; unexpected event
5Polishokazja—
6Latinoccasiooccasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time,...
7Latinoccasussetting; west; western
8Latinoccidō—
9Latinob-towards; against
10Latinobolusobolus
11Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
12Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
13Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
14Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
15Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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