Where does “salinaio” come from?
salinaio (Italian) comes from Italian salina, from Latin salina, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
salinaio (Italian): salter
Ancestry of “salinaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | salina | salt pan, salt marsh, saltworks; salt mine |
| 2 | Latin | salina | salt pan, salt works |
| 3 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |