Where does “rétiaire” come from?

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

rétiaire (French): retiarius, gladiator with a net

Definitions

  1. retiarius, gladiator with a net

Ancestry of “rétiaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinretiariusA net-fighter; a gladiator who fights with a net
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 retiarius →