Where does “ober” come from?

ober (Serbo-Croatian) 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 (Serbo-Croatian): waiter

Definitions

  1. 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHomEvery word from Latin -āriumEvery word from Latin -um
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