Where does “ober” come from?

ober (Romanian) comes from German Ober, from German Oberkellner, from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium.

ober (Romanian): head waiter

Definitions

  1. head waiter

Ancestry of “ober”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOberwaiter; over knave, queen
2GermanOberkellnerhead waiter
3GermanKellnerwaiter
4Middle High Germankelnære
5Old High Germankelnere
6Medieval Latincellenariuscellar administrator; cellarman
7Latincellāriumstoreroom, larder, cellar, pantry
8Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
9Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
10Proto-Italic*-om
11Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

Words derived from “ober

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom