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oficioso.

obsequious

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/o.fi.siˈo.zu/Brazil/o.fiˈsjo.zu/Brazil/ɔ.fiˈsjo.zu/Portugal

  1. obsequious

  2. disinterested

  3. unofficial

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opis Latin ops Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Latin -fex Latin opifex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin opificium Latin officium Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin officiōsuslbor. Portuguese oficioso Learned borrowing from Latin officiōsus.

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