Where does “estafier” come from?
estafier (French) comes from Italian staffiere, from Italian -iere, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
estafier (French): armed valet; bodyguard, hatchet man
Definitions
- armed valet; bodyguard, hatchet man
Ancestry of “estafier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | staffiere | groom; footman |
| 2 | Italian | -iere | Used to form masculine nouns that represent a... |
| 3 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |