Where does “о́пер” come from?
о́пер (Russian) comes from Russian о́пера, from Italian opera, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
о́пер (Russian): police operative/agent, member of a police task force, fed
Definitions
- police operative/agent, member of a police task force, fed
Ancestry of “о́пер”, step by step
о́пер traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian о́пера
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | о́пера | opera |
| 2 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 3 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 4 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Russian операти́вник
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | операти́вник | field investigator |