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