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

  1. offer

Ancestry of “oferta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOfferteoffer, bid
2Frenchoffertefeminine singular of the past participle of...
3Old Frenchofrirto offer
4Vulgar Latinofferirepresent active infinitive of *offeriō
5Latinofferrepresent active infinitive of offerō; bring to,...
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
8Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
10Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-
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