Where does “bēstiārius” come from?

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

bēstiārius (Latin): one who fights with wild beasts in the public spectacles, a beast-fighter

Definitions

  1. one who fights with wild beasts in the public spectacles, a beast-fighter

Ancestry of “bēstiārius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriuser
2Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “bēstiārius”

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