Where does “-aro” come from?

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

-aro (Italian): Alternative form of -aio

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -aio

Ancestry of “-aro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-aro”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →