Where does “ostiaire” come from?

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

ostiaire (French): porter, doorman, ostiary

Definitions

  1. porter, doorman, ostiary

Ancestry of “ostiaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinostiāriusof or pertaining to a door
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin ostiārius →