Where does “mineralog” come from?
mineralog (Romanian) comes from German Mineraloge, from Dutch mineraal, from Old French mineral, from Medieval Latin minerale, from Latin minera, from Middle French miniere, from Middle French -ier, from Middle French -er — he, she.
mineralog (Romanian): mineralogist
Ancestry of “mineralog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Mineraloge | mineralogist |
| 2 | Dutch | mineraal | mineral |
| 3 | Old French | mineral | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | minerale | mineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | minera | mine; vein; mineral |
| 6 | Middle French | miniere | underground passage or area |
| 7 | Middle French | -ier | Alternative form of -er |
| 8 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “mineralog”