Word Origin Summary

Operation is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. operacionFrenchderived from
2. operationMiddle Frenchderived from
3. operātiōLatinderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• operesheni

  Swahili · borrowed from

• オペレーション

  Japanese · borrowed from

• opairèisean

  Scottish Gaelic · borrowed from

• operacar

  IDO · borrowed from

• apreešán

  Phalura · derived from

• オペ

  Japanese · borrowed from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root