Where does “-ario” come from?

-ario (Italian) comes from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

-ario (Italian): -ary; Added to nouns to create attributive...

Definitions

  1. -ary; Added to nouns to create attributive...

Ancestry of “-ario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

Words derived from “-ario

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom