noun, feminine/ofiˈθina/plural: oficinas
office (a room used for non-manual work); workshop; laboratory (in a pharmacy)
Synonyms: despacho, ofi, taller, laboratorio
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 Learned borrowing from Latin officīna (“workshop”). Doublet of usina.