offiser

Middle English

Noun

offiser

1. Alternative form of officer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

offiser m (definite singular offiseren, indefinite plural offiserer, definite plural offiserene)

1. an officer

References

• “offiser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin officiarius, via French officier.

Noun

offiser m (definite singular offiseren, indefinite plural offiserar, definite plural offiserane)

1. an officer

References

• “offiser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.