opus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- work, accomplishment
- need
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos, *h₃ép-os (work), *h₃ep- (work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃ep-
Gloss
work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- officious English
- omnivore English
- opere citato English
- opus English
- opusculum English
- opus Finnish
- opusluettelo Finnish
- opusnumero Finnish
- cōpia Latin
- officium Latin
- omnivorus Latin
- opera Latin
- opere citātō Latin
- optimus Latin
- opusculum Latin
- ogni Italian
- opus Italian
- opuscolo Italian
- uopo Italian
- opuscule French
- opúsculo Spanish, Castilian
- ὄμπνη Ancient Greek
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep-(i)- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃épos, *h₃ép-os Proto-Indo-European
- *abnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *abniją Proto-Germanic
- opus Czech
- op Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- опус Macedonian
- *opis Proto-Italic
- uebos Old Spanish