Where does “destinatarju” come from?

destinatarju (Maltese) comes from Italian destinatario, from French destinataire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

destinatarju (Maltese): addressee

Definitions

  1. addressee

Ancestry of “destinatarju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandestinatarioaddressee; consignee; payee; destinatary (who is the destination of a performance)
2Frenchdestinatairerecipient, addressee
3French-aire-ary; -aire
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from French -aire →