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Where does “vernissage” come from?

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

vernissage (French): varnishing, glazing; a private viewing at a...

Definitions

  1. varnishing, glazing; a private viewing at a...

Ancestry of “vernissage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
2Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “vernissage”

  • vernissage
  • vernissage
  • вернисаж
  • vernisáž
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