Where does “oficia” come from?
oficia (Romanian) comes from French officier, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
oficia (Romanian): to officiate
Definitions
- to officiate
Ancestry of “oficia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | officier | to officiate; officer |
| 2 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 3 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 5 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 6 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 7 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 8 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 9 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 10 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 11 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 12 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |