Where does “-eira” come from?

-eira (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-eira (Portuguese): female equivalent of -eiro; feminine of -eiro

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of -eiro; feminine of -eiro

Ancestry of “-eira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese-eira—
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-eira”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →
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