Where does “Obergespan” come from?
Obergespan (German) comes from German Ober, from German Oberkellner, from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium.
Obergespan (German): a Hungarian Lord-Lieutenant of counties, the Hungarian count in charge of every viscount (Vizegespan) in a county
Definitions
- a Hungarian Lord-Lieutenant of counties, the Hungarian count in charge of every viscount (Vizegespan) in a county
Ancestry of “Obergespan”, step by step
Obergespan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ober
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ober | waiter; over knave, queen |
| 2 | German | Oberkellner | head waiter |
| 3 | German | Kellner | waiter |
| 4 | Middle High German | kelnære | — |
| 5 | Old High German | kelnere | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cellenarius | cellar administrator; cellarman |
| 7 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 8 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 9 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |