officerofficer

Officer comes from Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, from Old French officer and Late Latin officiarius, from officium ‘office’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-¹‘to work’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-(i)-¹reconstructed
3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opis¹reconstructed
4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEops²as opis‘power, resources’
5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopificium³
6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEofficium³‘office’
7. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEofficiarius³‘official’
8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400officer³
9. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400officer³
10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500officer³‘a hireling or subordinate’
11. Englishearliest quotation 1848officer³

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin ops
2. ² Wiktionary, Latin officium
3. ³ Wiktionary, English officer
4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1848, – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray: “Many of our journals are officered by Irish gentlemen,…”.