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Where does “Altaar” come from?

Altaar (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch altare, from Old Dutch altare, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “Altaar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchaltare—
2Old Dutchaltare—
3Latinaltāre—
4Latinadoleō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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