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Where does “waarnemer” come from?

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

waarnemer (Dutch): observer; representative

Definitions

  1. observer; representative

Ancestry of “waarnemer”, 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 “waarnemer”

  • zaakwaarnemer
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →