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Where does “burattinaio” come from?

burattinaio (Italian) comes from Italian -aio, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

burattinaio (Italian): puppeteer, puppet master, puppetman

Definitions

  1. puppeteer, puppet master, puppetman

Ancestry of “burattinaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-aioAdded to nouns to form agent nouns; Added to...
2Latin-ārius—
3Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →