Where does “neoficial” come from?
neoficial (Romanian) comes from Romanian oficial, 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...
neoficial (Romanian): unofficial
Definitions
- unofficial
Ancestry of “neoficial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | oficial | official |
| 2 | French | officiel | official |
| 3 | English | official | Of or pertaining to an office or public trust;... |
| 4 | Middle English | official | An underling of a member of the clergy, often... |
| 5 | Old French | official | court official; chamber pot; official; certified... |
| 6 | Latin | officiālis | official |
| 7 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 8 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 9 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 10 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 11 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 12 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 13 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 14 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |