Where does “montgolfière” come from?

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

montgolfière (French): hot-air balloon

Definitions

  1. hot-air balloon

Ancestry of “montgolfière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ièrefemale equivalent of -ier
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “montgolfière”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from French -ière →