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Where does “stalkerazzi” come from?

stalkerazzi (English) comes from English stalker, from Middle English stalkere, from Irish -aire, from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

stalkerazzi (English): Paparazzi who violate their targets' privacy in...

Definitions

  1. Paparazzi who violate their targets' privacy in...

Ancestry of “stalkerazzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstalkerA person who engages in stalking, i.e. quietly...
2Middle Englishstalkere—
3Irish-aire-er, -or
4Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
5Old French-aire—
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →