Where does “senarius” come from?

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

senarius (English): A verse having six metric feet

Definitions

  1. A verse having six metric feet

Ancestry of “senarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēnāriuscontaining or consisting of six 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 sēnārius →
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