Where does “pepinieră” come from?

pepinieră (Romanian) comes from French pépinière, from French -ière, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

pepinieră (Romanian): tree nursery

Definitions

  1. tree nursery

Ancestry of “pepinieră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpépinièrenursery; breeding ground
2French-ièrefemale equivalent of -ier
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “pepinieră

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from French -ière
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