Etymology Explorer › Italian

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-ārium—
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “-ario”

  • impresario
  • immunitario
  • antidotario
  • velleitario
  • convalescenziario
  • schedario
  • onciario
  • embrionario
  • autoferrotranviario
  • ferrotranviario
  • sovraorbitario
  • tranviario
  • velleitariamente
  • parabancario
  • bancario
  • antirivoluzionario
  • antiautoritario
  • antiautoritarismo
  • lunario
  • periorbitario
  • cometario
  • religionario
  • satellitario
  • plebiscitario
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →