Where does “calcaire” come from?

calcaire (Irish) comes from Irish -aire, from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

calcaire (Irish): caulker; caulking-iron; glutton

Definitions

  1. caulker; caulking-iron; glutton

Ancestry of “calcaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-aire-er, -or
2Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
3Old French-aire—
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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