officiate
English
/əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To perform the functions of some office.
- (intransitive) To serve as umpire or referee.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin officiātus, officium (office, duty, service, service-minded, official, or moral duty, especially, personal, esp. last rites, official position, ceremony, function, official duty) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃ep-
Gloss
work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- officiator English
- officious English
- omnivore English
- cōpia Latin
- officiarius Latin
- officium Latin
- officiālis Latin
- officiātus Latin
- omnivorus Latin
- opera Latin
- optimus Latin
- opus Latin
- ogni Italian
- ufficio Italian
- office French
- officieux French
- ὄμπνη Ancient Greek
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep-(i)- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃épos, *h₃ép-os Proto-Indo-European
- *abnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *abniją Proto-Germanic
- office Old French
- ofici Catalan, Valencian
- ofico Ido
- oific Old Irish
- *opis Proto-Italic
- ufize Ladin