Where does “politikari” come from?
politikari (Basque) comes from Basque -ari, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
politikari (Basque): politician
Ancestry of “politikari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Basque | -ari | Used to create names of occupations from nouns;... |
| 2 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |