Where does “capocarceriere” come from?

capocarceriere (Italian) comes from Italian carceriere, from Italian -iere, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

capocarceriere (Italian): head warder

Definitions

  1. head warder

Ancestry of “capocarceriere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancarcerierejailer, prison warder
2Italian-iereUsed to form masculine nouns that represent a...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Old French -ier