Where does “Verarmung” come from?
Verarmung (German) comes from German verarmen, from German Arm, from German Leuchter, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Verarmung (German): impoverishment, pauperization
Definitions
- impoverishment, pauperization
Ancestry of “Verarmung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | verarmen | to impoverish, to pauperize |
| 2 | German | Arm | an arm; anything that resembles an arm |
| 3 | German | Leuchter | candlestick, sconce; candelabra |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |