Where does “-ari” come from?

-ari (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-ari (Old Saxon): Forms masculine agent nouns from verbs: -er;...

Definitions

  1. Forms masculine agent nouns from verbs: -er;...

Ancestry of “-ari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
2Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-ari”

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