English
Ops
Ops comes from Latin Ops ‘resources, wealth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-‘to work, toil, make’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-(i)-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOps‘resources, wealth’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-‘to work, toil, make’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-(i)-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOps‘resources, wealth’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’
bus, operation, operate, operator, opera, omnibus, oeuvre, opus, omnivore, 22 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-
through Latin Ops ‘resources, wealth’
office, official, copy, optimum, copious, officiate, opulent, opulence, officiant, officious, 10 more
Today it means
name The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- / Ops