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Where does “kelner” come from?

kelner (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.

kelner (Serbo-Croatian): waiter

Definitions

  1. waiter

Ancestry of “kelner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKellnerwaiter
2Middle High Germankelnære—
3Old High Germankelnere—
4Medieval Latincellenariuscellar administrator; cellarman
5Latincellārium—
6Latin-ārium—
7Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
8Proto-Italic*-om—
9Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →