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Where does “polyzoārium” come from?

polyzoārium (New Latin) comes from New Latin -arium, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “polyzoārium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
2Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →