Where does “déficitaire” come from?

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

déficitaire (French): loss-making, in the red

Definitions

  1. loss-making, in the red

Ancestry of “déficitaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-aire-ary; -aire
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “déficitaire

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from French -aire
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