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Where does “Keller” come from?

Keller comes from German Keller, Middle High German keller, Old High German kellari, and Late Latin cellarium, ultimately from Latin cella meaning "room" or "storehouse" with the agent suffix -arius, derived from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- meaning "to hide" or "conceal."

Ancestry of “Keller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKellercellar; basement
2Middle High Germankeller—
3Old High Germankellari—
4Proto-West Germanic*kellārī—
5Latincellārium—
6Latin-ārium—
7Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
8Proto-Italic*-om—
9Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “Keller”

  • Kellerian
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