Where does “katerer” come from?

katerer (Malay) comes from English caterer, from English cater, from Middle English catour, from Middle English acatour, from Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin accaptare, from Latin acceptō, from Latin accipiō — in.

katerer (Malay): caterer person or company hired to provide and serve food

Definitions

  1. caterer person or company hired to provide and serve food

Ancestry of “katerer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcatererA person employed to obtain and maintain the...
2EnglishcaterTo provide, "particularly:"; Synonym of acater:...
3Middle Englishcatouracater, provisioner
4Middle Englishacatouracater
5Old Frenchacheterto purchase; buy
6Vulgar Latinaccaptare
7Latinacceptōto take, receive, accept (regularly)
8Latinaccipiōto receive, accept, take
9Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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