Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “seler” come from?

seler (Middle English) comes from Old French celier, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Ancestry of “seler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchceliercellar
2Latincellārium—
3Latin-ārium—
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “seler”

  • cellar
  • cellarer
  • cellarage
  • cellaret
  • cellarman
  • subcellar
  • cellarway
  • cellarette
  • cellarlike
  • cellarful
  • cellarmaster
  • cellaress
  • cellary
  • cellarless
  • cellarous
  • cellarist
  • undercellar
  • salt cellar
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