myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of occupatio

Etymology of the Latin word occupatio

the Latin word occupatio (occupation, employment)

derived from the Latin word occupatus (occupied; busy)

derived from the Latin word occupare (seize; gain; overtake)

derived from the Late Latin word capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-

using the Late Latin prefix ob-