offiser
Middle English edit
Noun edit
offiser
- Alternative form of officer
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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”), from Proto-Italic *opifakjom, 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”).
Noun edit
offiser m (definite singular offiseren, indefinite plural offiserer, definite plural offiserene)
- an officer
References edit
- “offiser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin officiarius, via French officier.
Noun edit
offiser m (definite singular offiseren, indefinite plural offiserar, definite plural offiserane)
- an officer
References edit
- “offiser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.