Where does “salivar” come from?

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

salivar (Romanian): salivary

Definitions

  1. salivary

Ancestry of “salivar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsalivairesalivary
2French-aire-ary; -aire
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from French -aire →