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Where does “kelnerino” come from?

kelnerino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kelnero, from Yiddish קעלנער, from Polish kelner, from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Latin cellārium.

kelnerino (Esperanto): waitress

Definitions

  1. waitress

Ancestry of “kelnerino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokelnerowaiter
2Yiddishקעלנערwaiter
3Polishkelnerwaiter
4GermanKellnerwaiter
5Middle High Germankelnære—
6Old High Germankelnere—
7Medieval Latincellenariuscellar administrator; cellarman
8Latincellārium—
9Latin-ārium—
10Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
11Proto-Italic*-om—
12Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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