oper
work
Latin · opus, operis; operari
Oper comes from Latin opus, "work", and operari, "to work". It appears in words about working, running machines, and large staged works like opera.
Memory trick
An OPERator makes things work; an OPERa is a big work of music and drama.
Words from this root
- cooperate (co + oper + ate) — to work togetherसहयोग करना
- cooperation (co + oper + ation) — working togetherसहयोग
- cooperator (co + oper + ator) — one who works togetherसहयोगी
- noncooperation (non + co + oper + ation) — refusal to work togetherअसहयोग
- opera (opera) — a sung drama with musicओपेरा, गीत-नाट्य
- operagoer (opera + goer) — a person who attends operasओपेरा देखने वाला
- operate (oper + ate) — to work or runचलाना, संचालित करना
- operatic (oper + atic) — of or like operaओपेरा जैसा
- operation (oper + ation) — a process or surgeryसंचालन; शल्य-क्रिया
- operational (oper + ation + al) — ready to workचालू, कार्यरत
- operator (oper + ator) — a person who runs a machineसंचालक
- teleoperate (tele + oper + ate) — to operate from afarदूर से चलाना