Where does “-aro” come from?

-aro (Esperanto) comes from Russian -а́рь, from Proto-Slavic -ařь, from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-aro (Esperanto): a coherent collection for a noun

Definitions

  1. a coherent collection for a noun

Ancestry of “-aro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-а́рьer, -or
2Proto-Slavic-ařь-er
3Gothic-𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-aro”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz →