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