Where does “pedreiro” come from?

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

pedreiro (Portuguese): mason; builder; bricklayer

Definitions

  1. mason; builder; bricklayer

Ancestry of “pedreiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepedreiro—
2Old Portuguese-eiro-eer
3Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
4Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “pedreiro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -arius →Every word from Latin -arium →