Where does “peracottaro” come from?

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

peracottaro (Italian): a person who sold cooked pears (at local fairs)

Definitions

  1. a person who sold cooked pears (at local fairs)

Ancestry of “peracottaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-aroAlternative form of -aio
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 Italian -aro →