Where does “-iera” come from?

-iera (Interlingua) comes from Spanish -era, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-iera (Interlingua): forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container or cover; container

Definitions

  1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container or cover; container

Ancestry of “-iera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-erafeminine singular of -ero; indicates a place or...
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-iera

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin -āria