Where does “mattonaio” come from?
mattonaio (Italian) comes from Italian -aio, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
mattonaio (Italian): brickmaker
Ancestry of “mattonaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | -aio | Added to nouns to form agent nouns; Added to... |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |