Where does “-aire” come from?

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

-aire (French): -ary; -aire

Definitions

  1. -ary; -aire

Ancestry of “-aire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriuser
2Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-aire”

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