Where does “tabacchiera” come from?

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

tabacchiera (Italian): snuffbox

Definitions

  1. snuffbox

Ancestry of “tabacchiera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ieraAdded to nouns to form other concrete nouns; -er;...
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “tabacchiera”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Italian -iera →