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Where does “uoffisiell” come from?

uoffisiell (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål offisiell, from French officiel, from English official, from Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium — missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...

uoffisiell (Norwegian Bokmål): unofficial

Definitions

  1. unofficial

Ancestry of “uoffisiell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåloffisiellofficial
2Frenchofficielofficial
3EnglishofficialOf or pertaining to an office or public trust;...
4Middle EnglishofficialAn underling of a member of the clergy, often...
5Old Frenchofficialcourt official; chamber pot; official; certified...
6Latinofficiālis—
7Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
8Latinopificiumwork
9LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
10LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
11Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
12Latinopscen—
13Latinob-towards; against
14Latinobolusobolus
15Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
16Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
17Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
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