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Where does “Oberflächenwasser” come from?

Oberflächenwasser (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.

Oberflächenwasser (German): surface water

Definitions

  1. surface water

Ancestry of “Oberflächenwasser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanoberfläche—
2Latinsuperficiēs—
3Latinfaciēs—
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →