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Where does “filibustiere” come from?

filibustiere (Italian) comes from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

filibustiere (Italian): pirate, corsair, filibuster; adventurer; rascal

Definitions

  1. pirate, corsair, filibuster; adventurer; rascal

Ancestry of “filibustiere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchflibustierA filibuster, a pirate
2DutchvrijbuiterA freebooter, particularly a pirate
3Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
4Old Dutch-āri—
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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