officina

Meaning

  1. (declension-1) workshop, manufactory
  2. (declension-1) a poultry house, henhouse
  3. (New-Latin, declension-1, especially) an apothecary's, a pharmacy

Synonyms

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɔf.fɪˈkiː.na]
Etymology

From opifex (“laborer, worker”) + -īna, with vowel syncope followed by assimilation of /pf/ to /ff/. Compare opificium, officium (“action of working”).

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