Where does “Freibeuter” come from?

Freibeuter (German) comes from Dutch vrijbuiter, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Freibeuter (German): pirate

Definitions

  1. pirate

Ancestry of “Freibeuter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvrijbuiterA freebooter, particularly a pirate
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri—
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “Freibeuter”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Dutch -er →
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