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Where does “tabaccaia” come from?

tabaccaia (Italian) comes from Italian -aia, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

tabaccaia (Italian): female equivalent of tabaccaio; building where...

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of tabaccaio; building where...

Ancestry of “tabaccaia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-aiaA suffix used to form agent nouns; Added to nouns...
2Latin-āria—
3Latin-ārius—
4Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →