Where does “-arium” come from?

-arium (English) comes from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

-arium (English): A place associated with a specified thing; A...

Definitions

  1. A place associated with a specified thing; A...

Ancestry of “-arium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

Words derived from “-arium

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom
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