Where does “couscoussière” come from?

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

couscoussière (French): a couscoussier

Definitions

  1. a couscoussier

Ancestry of “couscoussière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ièrefemale equivalent of -ier
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 French -ière →