Where does “mattoniera” come from?
mattoniera (Italian) comes from Italian -iera, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
mattoniera (Italian): brick-moulding machine
Ancestry of “mattoniera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | -iera | Added to nouns to form other concrete nouns; -er;... |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |