Where does “foraster” come from?
foraster (Catalan) comes from Catalan -er, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
foraster (Catalan): foreign; foreigner
Ancestry of “foraster”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | -er | Used to form nouns meaning the location or object... |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |