Where does “ratoeira” come from?

ratoeira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -eira, from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ratoeira (Portuguese): mousetrap device for killing mice

Definitions

  1. mousetrap device for killing mice

Ancestry of “ratoeira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-eirafemale equivalent of -eiro; feminine of -eiro
2Old Portuguese-eira
3Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin -āria
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