Where does “quinarius” come from?

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

quinarius (English): A small silver coin minted during the Roman...

Definitions

  1. A small silver coin minted during the Roman...

Ancestry of “quinarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinquīnāriusContaining or consisting of five things
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin quīnārius →