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Etymology

Derived from French officier (“officer”), from Old French officer, officier (“officer”), from Medieval Latin officiārius (“officer”), from officium (“duty, service, office”), a contraction of opificium (“work”), an old derivative of ops, opis (“power, ability, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h₃ep- (“to work, toil, make; ability, force”).

More Norwegian Bokmål words

• offentlighet
• offer
• offertorium
• officium
• offisiell
• offisielt
• offisiøs
• offshore

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