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Where does “cellaress” come from?

cellaress (English) comes from English cellar, from Middle English seler, from Old French celier, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

cellaress (English): A woman in charge of the cellar in a convent

Definitions

  1. A woman in charge of the cellar in a convent

Ancestry of “cellaress”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcellarAn enclosed underground space, often under a...
2Middle Englishseler—
3Old Frenchceliercellar
4Latincellārium—
5Latin-ārium—
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →