Where does “sicario” come from?

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

sicario (English): hitman, hired killer

Definitions

  1. hitman, hired killer

Ancestry of “sicario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsicariohitman
2Latinsīcāriusassassin, contract killer, murderer
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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