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
- waiter
Ancestry of “ober”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ober | waiter; over knave, queen |
| 2 | German | Oberkellner | head waiter |
| 3 | German | Kellner | waiter |
| 4 | Middle High German | kelnære | — |
| 5 | Old High German | kelnere | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cellenarius | cellar administrator; cellarman |
| 7 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |