Where does “subofițer” come from?
subofițer (Romanian) comes from Romanian ofițer, from French officier, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
subofițer (Romanian): petty officer
Definitions
- petty officer
Ancestry of “subofițer”, step by step
subofițer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ofițer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ofițer | officer |
| 2 | French | officier | to officiate; officer |
| 3 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 4 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 6 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 7 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 8 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 9 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 10 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 11 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 12 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 13 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |