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operar (Verb) "to operate" 18th cent. From Latin operari 'id.' A verb formed from opus "work" (see obra). Indo-European Romance French opérer, Italian operare, Romanian opera, Sardinian oberare Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
opinar (Verb) "to opine" Very late 15th cent. From Latin opinari 'id.' While it looks to be a derivation from Proto-Italic *op-eje- "to choose" (whence optar), the semblance is superficial. A putative **op-einā- only raises more problems than it solves. Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Portuguese opinar, French opiner Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
opinión f. (Noun) "opinion" 13th cent. From Latin opinionem, accusative of opinio 'id.' From the verb opinari "to opine" (see opinar). Indo-European Romance Portuguese opinião, French opinion, Italian opinione Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
oportunidad f. (Noun) "opportunity" From Latin opportunitatem, the accusative case of opportunitas 'id.' From opportunus "opportune" (see oportuno). Indo-European Romance Portuguese oportunidade, Italian opportunità Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
oportuno (Adjective) "opportune" From Latin opportunus 'id.,' from ob- "toward" and portunus "suitable." Portunus is from porto "gate" (see puerto). Indo-European Romance Portuguese oportuno, French opportun Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-opsia (Suffix) "-opsy" Borrowed from Ancient Greek -οψία (aytop^sía) 'id.' From ὤψ (óp^s) "eye." From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ok^w- "to see" (the same origin of ojo). Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
optar (Verb) "to opt (for)" Very late 16th cent. From Latin optare 'id.,' from *opere "to choose" and frequentive suffix -tare (see note under faltar). Latin opere is from Proto-Italic *op-eje- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₁op-ei̯e- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese optar, French opter, Italian optare, Romanian optare Italic Oscan ufteis "of the wish," Umbrian upetu "he chose" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit ā́pa "has reached," Young Avestan āpa 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-or (Suffix) A noun-forming suffix denoting agency. From Latin -or, a suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs. Often showing the condition or state of the verb. From Old Latin -os 'id.' From Proto-Italic *-ōs 'id.' From the Proto-Indo-European *-e/o-s Caland system of nominal derivation. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
orar (Verb) "to pray" 12th cent. From Latin orare 'id.' According to de Vaan (2014), a verb formed from Proto-Italic *ōs- "mouth." See ósculo. Indo-European Romance Portuguese orar, Galician orar, Catalan orar, Italian orare, Aromanian or, Romanian ura Italic Oscan urust "he will prosecute" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
orden m. & f. (Noun) "order;" "warrant" 12th cent. From Latin ordinem 'id.,' the accusative case of ordo "series," "order," "social class." Despite its long and secure history in colloquial texts, this must be a learned form as ordinem should have yielded **orne. From Proto-Italic *ord-n- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d- 'id.' From *h₂er- "to join," "to fit" which often doubled in meaning as morally and legally appropriate (see arma). Indo-European Romance Asturian orde, Portuguese ordem, Galician orde, Catalan ordre, French ordo, ordre, Italian ordine, Aromanian urdin, Romanian ordin, Sardinian oldine Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.