Where does “Vernissage” come from?

Vernissage (German) comes from French vernissage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

Vernissage (German): vernissage

Definitions

  1. vernissage

Ancestry of “Vernissage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvernissagevarnishing, glazing; a private viewing at a...
2French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum
Every word from Latin -āticumEvery word from French -ageEvery word from Old French -age