Where does “mitragliere” come from?

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

mitragliere (Italian): machine gunner; plural of mitragliera

Definitions

  1. machine gunner; plural of mitragliera

Ancestry of “mitragliere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-iereUsed to form masculine nouns that represent a...
2Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
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 Old French -ier →