Where does “-eiro” come from?

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

-eiro (Old Portuguese): -eer

Definitions

  1. -eer

Ancestry of “-eiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-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

Words derived from “-eiro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -arius →Every word from Latin -arium →