Where does “Besucherzimmer” come from?

Besucherzimmer (German) comes from German Besucher, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Besucherzimmer (German): visitors' room

Definitions

  1. visitors' room

Ancestry of “Besucherzimmer”, step by step

Besucherzimmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Besucher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBesuchervisitor; patron; The visitor design pattern
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Zimmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZimmerroom
2Middle High Germanzimber
3Old High Germanzimbar
4Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
5Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
6Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er