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Where does “tatuerare” come from?

tatuerare (Swedish) comes from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

tatuerare (Swedish): tattoo artist, tattooist

Definitions

  1. tattoo artist, tattooist

Ancestry of “tatuerare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
2Old Swedish-are—
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →