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Where does “topaia” come from?

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

topaia (Italian): rathole, hovel; mouse hole; shack

Definitions

  1. rathole, hovel; mouse hole; shack

Ancestry of “topaia”, 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 →