Where does “focaia” come from?

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

focaia (Italian): flint

Definitions

  1. flint

Ancestry of “focaia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfocariakitchen maid; cook; housekeeper; concubine
2Latinfocāriusa kitchen-boy
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin focārius →