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Where does “kweker” come from?

kweker (Dutch) comes from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

kweker (Dutch): nurseryman, cultivator; breeder

Definitions

  1. nurseryman, cultivator; breeder

Ancestry of “kweker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
2Old Dutch-āri—
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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