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Where does “coasteering” come from?

coasteering (English) comes from English mountaineering, from English mountaineer, from English -eer, from Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.

coasteering (English): A hybrid sport involving the traversal of a...

Definitions

  1. A hybrid sport involving the traversal of a...

Ancestry of “coasteering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmountaineeringThe sport of climbing mountains
2EnglishmountaineerA person who climbs mountains for sport or...
3English-eerUsed to create an agent noun denoting someone...
4Dutch-erenforms the plural of a limited group of nouns:...
5Middle Dutch-eren—
6Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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