Where does “clopotăriță” come from?

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

Ancestry of “clopotăriță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianclopotarbell ringer / bell-ringer / bellringer
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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