Where does “șerpăraș” come from?

șerpăraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian șerpar, from Romanian -ar, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ancestry of “șerpăraș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșerparshort-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
2Romanian-ar-er
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Romanian -ar