Where does “-eiro” come from?

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

-eiro (Portuguese): -er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a...

Definitions

  1. -er; -eer; forms nouns, from nouns denoting a...

Ancestry of “-eiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese-eiro-eer
2Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
3Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
4Proto-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 →