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
- A woman in charge of the cellar in a convent
Ancestry of “cellaress”, step by step
cellaress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cellar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cellar | An enclosed underground space, often under a... |
| 2 | Middle English | seler | — |
| 3 | Old French | celier | cellar |
| 4 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 5 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |