Where does “tovenarij” come from?
tovenarij (Dutch) comes from Dutch tovenaar, from Dutch -aar, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
tovenarij (Dutch): sorcery
Ancestry of “tovenarij”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tovenaar | wizard, sorcerer; magician |
| 2 | Dutch | -aar | someone who practices the action signified by the... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |