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Where does “ober” come from?

ober (Dutch) comes from German Ober, from German Oberkellner, from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium.

ober (Dutch): waiter

Definitions

  1. waiter

Ancestry of “ober”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOberwaiter; over knave, queen
2GermanOberkellnerhead waiter
3GermanKellnerwaiter
4Middle High Germankelnære—
5Old High Germankelnere—
6Medieval Latincellenariuscellar administrator; cellarman
7Latincellārium—
8Latin-ārium—
9Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
10Proto-Italic*-om—
11Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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