Where does “marbrière” come from?
marbrière (French) comes from French -ière, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
marbrière (French): marble quarry
Ancestry of “marbrière”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | -ière | female equivalent of -ier |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |