Where does “Hamburger” come from?
Hamburger comes from English Hamburg, Chinese 兒, Old French -er, Latin -are, Latin -arius, and Proto-Italic -os.
Hamburger (English): A person from Hamburg
Definitions
- A person from Hamburg
Ancestry of “Hamburger”, step by step
Hamburger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hamburger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hamburger | pertaining to Hamburg; Hamburger; hamburger |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |