occupazione etymology

Italian word occupazione comes from Latin occupo

Detailed word origin of occupazione

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
occupo Latin (lat) I anticipate, make the first move. I employ, make use of. I occupy, fill, take up. I seize, invade, take possession of.
occupatio Latin (lat) (figurative) trouble, unrest. Duty, obligation. Occupation, employment. Seizing, occupying (taking possession).
occupazione Italian (ita) (legal) occupancy. Occupation (the act of occupying and the state of being occupied). Occupation, activity, job, employment, work, business.

Words with the same origin as occupazione

Descendants of occupo
occupare preoccupante preoccupato preoccupazione