Where does “valicaio” come from?

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

valicaio (Italian): one who works silk on a particular spinning machine (the valico)

Definitions

  1. one who works silk on a particular spinning machine (the valico)

Ancestry of “valicaio”, 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 →