Where does “ostiary” come from?

ostiary (English) comes from Latin ostiārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ostiary (English): The mouth of a river; an estuary; One who keeps...

Definitions

  1. The mouth of a river; an estuary; One who keeps...

Ancestry of “ostiary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinostiāriusof or pertaining to a door
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “ostiary”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin ostiārius →