Where does “neocupat” come from?
neocupat (Romanian) comes from Romanian ocupat, from Romanian ocupa, from French occuper, from Middle French occuper, from Latin occupō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
neocupat (Romanian): unoccupied
Definitions
- unoccupied
Ancestry of “neocupat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ocupat | occupied |
| 2 | Romanian | ocupa | to occupy, take up; to be busy; to take care of,... |
| 3 | French | occuper | to occupy, to take up; to employ; to be busy, to... |
| 4 | Middle French | occuper | to occupy |
| 5 | Latin | occupō | to occupy, fill, take up |
| 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 |