Where does “alvenaria” come from?

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

alvenaria (Portuguese): masonry, brickwork

Definitions

  1. masonry, brickwork

Ancestry of “alvenaria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-áriafeminine singular of -ário
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Portuguese -ária →