Where does “tourtière” come from?
tourtière (French) comes from French -ière, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
tourtière (French): tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian...
Definitions
- tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian...
Ancestry of “tourtière”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | -ière | female equivalent of -ier |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |
Words derived from “tourtière”