offiser

offiser

1. alternative form of officer

Derived 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”).

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

1. officer

• “offiser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Derived from Latin officiārius, via French officier.

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

1. officer

• “offiser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.