Where does “columnari” come from?

columnari (Catalan) comes from Catalan -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

columnari (Catalan): adorned with the Pillars of Hercules

Definitions

  1. adorned with the Pillars of Hercules

Ancestry of “columnari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-ariforms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or...
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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