Where does “margarin” come from?

margarin (Indonesian) comes from Dutch margarine, from French margarine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

margarin (Indonesian): margarine: a spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter

Definitions

  1. margarine: a spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter

Ancestry of “margarin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmargarinemargarine
2Frenchmargarinemargarine
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a