English

Officegate

From office + -gate.

Formed from office + -gate

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work’

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Latin opificium ‘construction: the act of building or the…’

Latin officium ‘duty; official position; function’

Old French office

Middle English office

Today it means

name A 2001 controversy leading to the resignation of Henry McLeish, First Minister of Scotland, who had illicitly sublet his constituency office.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Officegate