Where does “inoperante” come from?
inoperante (Spanish) comes from Latin inoperans, from Latin inoperor, from Latin operor, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.
inoperante (Spanish): inoperative; ineffective
Ancestry of “inoperante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | inoperans | |
| 2 | Latin | inoperor | I effect, operate or produce |
| 3 | Latin | operor | I work, labor |
| 4 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 5 | Latin | Opus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |