Where does “Stammbesucher” come from?

Stammbesucher (German) comes from German Besucher, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Stammbesucher (German): regular (visitor), patron a frequent, routine visitor to an establishment or event

Definitions

  1. regular (visitor), patron a frequent, routine visitor to an establishment or event

Ancestry of “Stammbesucher”, step by step

Stammbesucher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Besucher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBesuchervisitor; patron; The visitor design pattern
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Stamm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStammtree trunk, main stem of a plant but never used of thin stalks or twigs
2Middle High Germanstam
3Old High Germanstam
4Proto-Germanicstamnaz
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er