Where does “oferta” come from?
oferta (Polish) comes from German Offerte, from French offerte, from Old French ofrir, from Vulgar Latin offerire, from Latin offerre, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
oferta (Polish): offer
Definitions
- offer
Ancestry of “oferta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Offerte | offer, bid |
| 2 | French | offerte | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 3 | Old French | ofrir | to offer |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | offerire | present active infinitive of *offeriō |
| 5 | Latin | offerre | present active infinitive of offerō; bring to,... |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |