Where does “caviary” come from?
caviary (English) comes from English aviary, from Latin aviārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
caviary (English): A place where guinea pigs are raised by humans
Definitions
- A place where guinea pigs are raised by humans
Ancestry of “caviary”, step by step
caviary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aviary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aviary | A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place... |
| 2 | Latin | aviārium | aviary; a place where birds are kept |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |