Where does “tordaio” come from?

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

tordaio (Italian): a place where thrushes are fattened for use as a lure

Definitions

  1. a place where thrushes are fattened for use as a lure

Ancestry of “tordaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-aioAdded to nouns to form agent nouns; Added to...
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Italian -aio →
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