Where does “-aio” come from?

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

-aio (Italian): Added to nouns to form agent nouns; Added to...

Definitions

  1. Added to nouns to form agent nouns; Added to...

Ancestry of “-aio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriuser
2Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-aio

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios