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Where does “offiser” come from?

offiser (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin officiārius, from French officier, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

offiser (Norwegian Nynorsk): an officer

Definitions

  1. an officer

Ancestry of “offiser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinofficiārius—
2Frenchofficierto officiate; officer
3GermanOffizierofficer, commissioned officer; any chess piece...
4Old Frenchofficerofficer
5Medieval Latinofficiariusofficer
6Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
7Latinopificiumwork
8LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
9LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
10Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
11Latinopscen—
12Latinob-towards; against
13Latinobolusobolus
14Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
15Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
16Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
17Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
18Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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