Where does “retiarius” come from?

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

retiarius (English): A type of gladiator who uses a casting net as a...

Definitions

  1. A type of gladiator who uses a casting net as a...

Ancestry of “retiarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinretiariusA net-fighter; a gladiator who fights with a net
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 retiarius →