Latin

ops

‘resources, wealth’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin ops.

20 English words in this record descend from Latin ops, most familiar first.

• office ← officium ← opificium ← opifex
• official ← officiālis ← officium
• officer ← officium
• copy ← copie ← copia ← cōps
• optimum ← optimus
• copious ← copiosus ← copia ← cōps
• opulent ← opulēns
• opulence ← opulentia ← opulentus
• officiate ← officiātus ← officior ← officium
• officiant ← officiāns ← officiāre ← officium
• officious ← offycyous ← officiōsus ← officium
• oficina ← officīna ← opifex

More words from ops

• officina
• usine
• copist
• dyscopia
• inofficious
• opificer
• opiparous
• opifice

Etymograph / Latin ops