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Where does “Alkmaar” come from?
Alkmaar (Dutch) comes from English -mere, from Ancient Greek μέρος, from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros.
Ancestry of “Alkmaar”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
-mere
Forming nouns with the sense of part, segment
2
Ancient Greek
μέρος
part, component, region; share, portion; one's...
3
Proto-Hellenic
*(h)méros
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Words derived from “Alkmaar”
alkie
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