Where does “pépinière” come from?

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

pépinière (French): nursery; breeding ground

Definitions

  1. nursery; breeding ground

Ancestry of “pépinière”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pépinière”

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