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Where does “holder” come from?

holder (Danish) comes from Danish -er, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

holder (Danish): holder; present tense of holde

Definitions

  1. holder; present tense of holde

Ancestry of “holder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-erForms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense...
2Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
3Latin-ārius—
4Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “holder”

  • hofteholder
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