oficinista

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.

Proto-Italic *opis

Latin ops

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-faks

Latin -fex

Latin opifex

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusnom.

Latin -īna

Latin officīnalbor.

Spanish oficina

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish oficinista

From oficina + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofiθiˈnista/ [o.fi.θiˈnis.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ofisiˈnista/ [o.fi.siˈnis.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: o‧fi‧ci‧nis‧ta

Noun

oficinista m or f by sense (plural oficinistas)

1. office worker

Further reading

• “oficinista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025