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Where does “Montgolfier” come from?

Montgolfier (English) comes from French montgolfière, from French -ière, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Montgolfier (English): A hot-air balloon

Definitions

  1. A hot-air balloon

Ancestry of “Montgolfier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmontgolfièrehot-air balloon
2French-ièrefemale equivalent of -ier
3Latin-ārius—
4Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →