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Where does “kalorienarm” come from?

kalorienarm (German) comes from German -arm, 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.

kalorienarm (German): low-calorie

Definitions

  1. low-calorie

Ancestry of “kalorienarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-arm—
2GermanArman arm; anything that resembles an arm
3GermanLeuchtercandlestick, sconce; candelabra
4German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
5Old High German-āri—
6Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
7Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
8Latin-ārius—
9Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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