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Where does “vrijbuiter” come from?

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

vrijbuiter (Dutch): A freebooter, particularly a pirate

Definitions

  1. A freebooter, particularly a pirate

Ancestry of “vrijbuiter”, 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—

Words derived from “vrijbuiter”

  • filibuster
  • flibustier
  • filibusterism
  • filibusterer
  • antifilibuster
  • filibusterable
  • filibustero
  • farabutto
  • флибустьер
  • flibuster
  • flibustier
  • flibuste
  • Freibeuter
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