Where does “antiferroviário” come from?
antiferroviário (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ferroviário, from Portuguese -ário, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
antiferroviário (Portuguese): antirail
Ancestry of “antiferroviário”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | ferroviário | railway; rail |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ário | forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |