Where does “Cobzaru” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Cobzaru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancobzarcobza player
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
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