Where does “forasteiro” come from?

forasteiro (Portuguese) comes from Catalan foraster, from Catalan -er, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

forasteiro (Portuguese): foreign; foreigner; stranger

Definitions

  1. foreign; foreigner; stranger

Ancestry of “forasteiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanforasterforeign; foreigner
2Catalan-erUsed to form nouns meaning the location or object...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Catalan -er →