Where does “sanduicheira” come from?

sanduicheira (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).

sanduicheira (Portuguese): pie iron, sandwich toaster

Definitions

  1. pie iron, sandwich toaster

Ancestry of “sanduicheira”, 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