Where does “zombaria” come from?

zombaria (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -ária, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

zombaria (Portuguese): mockery; ridicule; taunting; jeer

Definitions

  1. mockery; ridicule; taunting; jeer

Ancestry of “zombaria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-áriafeminine singular of -ário
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Portuguese -ária →