Where does “notarise” come from?

notarise (English) comes from English notary, from Old French notarie, from Latin notarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ancestry of “notarise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnotaryA lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who...
2Old Frenchnotariewitness; secretary; notary
3Latinnotariusnotary; clerk, secretary; writer of shorthand;...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios