Where does “columnarium” come from?

columnarium (Latin) comes from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

columnarium (Latin): a tax on pillars in buildings

Definitions

  1. a tax on pillars in buildings

Ancestry of “columnarium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -ārium →Every word from Latin -um →