Where does “pólvora” come from?

pólvora (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan pólvora, from Spanish polvera, from Spanish -era, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

pólvora (Catalan): gunpowder

Definitions

gunpowder

Ancestry of “pólvora”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Catalan	pólvora	—
2	Spanish	polvera	powder compact
3	Spanish	-era	feminine singular of -ero; indicates a place or...
4	Latin	-āria	used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
5	Latin	-ārius	er
6	Proto-Italic	*-āzios	Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “pólvora”

polvorera

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →