Where does “Aarlenaar” come from?

Aarlenaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch -aar, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Aarlenaar (Dutch): an inhabitant of Arlon

Definitions

  1. an inhabitant of Arlon

Ancestry of “Aarlenaar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-aarsomeone who practices the action signified by the...
2Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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