Where does “Meeresoberfläche” come from?

Meeresoberfläche (German) comes from German oberfläche, from Latin superficiēs, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

Meeresoberfläche (German): sea surface

Definitions

  1. sea surface

Ancestry of “Meeresoberfläche”, step by step

Meeresoberfläche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German oberfläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanoberflächesurface
2Latinsuperficiēsthe top, surface
3Latinfaciēsmake, form, shape, figure, configuration
4Latinfaciōto do
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Meer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeersea; lake
2Middle High Germanmere
3Old High Germanmēromore
4Proto-West Germanic*maiʀōmore, larger
5Proto-Germanicmaizôcomparative degree of *mikilaz; more
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmē-to measure; endeavour, will, temper; many
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor
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