Where does “офензиван” come from?
офензиван (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian офензи́ва, from German offensive, from French offensive, from French offense, from Latin offēnsā, from Latin offenso, from Latin offendō, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
офензиван (Serbo-Croatian): attacking; offensive
Ancestry of “офензиван”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | офензи́ва | — |
| 2 | German | offensive | |
| 3 | French | offensive | feminine singular of offensif; An offensive |
| 4 | French | offense | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | offēnsā | — |
| 6 | Latin | offenso | I strike or dash against; I falter, stumble over... |
| 7 | Latin | offendō | — |
| 8 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 9 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |