Where does “lager” come from?
lager (Swedish) comes from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
lager (Swedish): a quarter, a camp
Ancestry of “lager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 2 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “lager”