Where does “litière” come from?

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

litière (French): litter (for cattle, cats); bedding (for horses)

Definitions

  1. litter (for cattle, cats); bedding (for horses)

Ancestry of “litière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlectuarianominative feminine singular of lectuārius;...
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “litière”

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