Where does “minairó” come from?
minairó (Catalan) comes from Catalan minaire, from Catalan -aire, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
minairó (Catalan): a kind of sprite found in Pyrenean folklore, of minuscule size but capable of completing prodigious tasks
Definitions
- a kind of sprite found in Pyrenean folklore, of minuscule size but capable of completing prodigious tasks
Ancestry of “minairó”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | minaire | miner a person who works in a mine |
| 2 | Catalan | -aire | Used to make nouns describing occupations from... |
| 3 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |