Where does “tossera” come from?

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

tossera (Catalan): strong and persistent cough

Definitions

  1. strong and persistent cough

Ancestry of “tossera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-eraUsed to form nouns meaning the location or object...
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin -āria
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