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Where does “Möbel” come from?

Möbel (German) comes from Middle French meuble, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Möbel (German): furniture; piece of furniture

Definitions

  1. furniture; piece of furniture

Ancestry of “Möbel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmeuble—
2Latinmōbilis—
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “Möbel”

  • mobiliere
  • mobilia
  • ме́бель
  • ameublir
  • ameublissement
  • meuble
  • démeubler
  • meubler
  • Küchenmöbel
  • möblieren
  • Möbelstück
  • Möbelstoff
  • Möbel
  • möbliert
  • mööpeli
  • meblo
  • meblisto
  • möblera
  • möbel
  • mebel
  • møbel
  • møbel
  • møbel
  • mobilya
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