Where does “tabaccaia” come from?

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

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-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
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 Latin -āria →