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Where does “vernissage” come from?

vernissage (English) comes from French vernissage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

vernissage (English): A private viewing of an art exhibition before it...

Definitions

  1. A private viewing of an art exhibition before it...

Ancestry of “vernissage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvernissagevarnishing, glazing; a private viewing at a...
2French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum—
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