{"id":3693,"date":"2024-11-30T15:26:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2024-11-30T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T17:52:00","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-office-opus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3693","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Office Opus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Office Opus\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-11-30T15:26:31+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M06S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology, we find connections between the word office and words like copy, manure, opera, opulence and opus.\n\n\nMy garden office \/ studio\n\nAn office [\u02c8\u0252f\u026as\/\u02c8\u0254f\u026as] is:\n\n\nA room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work.\n...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/officeopus.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6701\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3693-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/officeopus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/officeopus.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/officeopus.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/officeopus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3693-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/officeopus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"officeopus.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology, we find connections between the word <strong>office<\/strong> and words like <strong>copy<\/strong>, <strong>manure<\/strong>, <strong>opera<\/strong>, <strong>opulence<\/strong> and <strong>opus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/52448293264\/in\/photolist-G8UqET-R3Jmsx-Rwemuv-SQN5q4-2dqjGJF-2kUZ1k9-2kV4yd5-2mHovnM-2n1LRao-2nUDPBb-2nUFdjm-2nVWRaM-2pyR1V7-2pPM7rw\" title=\"My studio \/ office\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52448293264_9920ba4222_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" alt=\"My studio \/ office\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>My garden office \/ studio<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An <strong>office<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0252f\u026as\/\u02c8\u0254f\u026as] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work.<\/li>\n<li>A position of responsibility.<\/li>\n<li>An official position, particularly high employment within government.<br \/>\n<em>(other meanings are available<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <em>office<\/em> [\u0254\u02c8fi\u02d0s(\u0259)] (employment, occupation, obligation), from Old French <em>office<\/em> (office, job, service), from Latin <em>officium<\/em> (duty, service, office, obligation) from <em>opificium<\/em> (work), from <em>opifex<\/em> (someone who does [creative \/ constructive] work) from <em>opus<\/em> (work), from PIE <em>*h\u2083ep-<\/em> (to work, toil, make, ability) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/office#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>copy<\/strong>, <strong>manure<\/strong>, <strong>opera<\/strong>, <strong>operate<\/strong>, <strong>opulence<\/strong> and <strong>opus<\/strong> (a work of music or art) in English; <strong>usine<\/strong> (factory) in French; <strong>of\u00edcio<\/strong> (craft, trade, profession) in Portuguese; <strong>oficina<\/strong> (office, workshop, laboratory) in Spanish, and <strong>ufficio<\/strong> (office) and <strong>officina<\/strong> (workshop, laboratory) in Italian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%83ep-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Hang on, <strong>manure<\/strong>? It comes from Middle English <em>maynouren<\/em> (to supervise, reign, exercise one&#8217;s authority), from Anglo-Norman <em>meinourer<\/em>, from Old French <em>manouvrer<\/em> (to work, make, create), from Vulgar Latin <em>*manuoperare<\/em> (to work by hand), from Latin <em>man\u016b<\/em> (by hand) and <em>oper\u0101r\u012b<\/em> (to work). 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My garden office \/ studio An office [\u02c8\u0252f\u026as\/\u02c8\u0254f\u026as] is: A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work. A position of responsibility. An official position, particularly high employment within government. 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