Where does “ottonario” come from?

ottonario (Italian) comes from Latin octōnārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ottonario (Italian): A line of verse containing eight syllables in classical Italian verse

Definitions

  1. A line of verse containing eight syllables in classical Italian verse

Ancestry of “ottonario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoctōnāriuscontaining or consisting of eight things
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin octōnārius →