Where does “oberțal” come from?
oberțal (Romanian) comes from Romanian ober, 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.
oberțal (Romanian): head waiter
Definitions
- head waiter
Ancestry of “oberțal”, step by step
oberțal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ober
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ober | head waiter |
| 2 | German | Ober | waiter; over knave, queen |
| 3 | German | Oberkellner | head waiter |
| 4 | German | Kellner | waiter |
| 5 | Middle High German | kelnære | — |
| 6 | Old High German | kelnere | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | cellenarius | cellar administrator; cellarman |
| 8 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 9 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 10 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |