Where does “latte” come from?

latte (Portuguese) comes from Italian latte, from Italian -eria, from Spanish -ería, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

latte (Portuguese): caffè latte

Definitions

  1. caffè latte

Ancestry of “latte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlattemilk; plural of latta
2Italian-eriaAdded to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place...
3Spanish-eríaTurns a noun into a store or restaurant that...
4Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios