Where does “semărie” come from?

semărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ărie, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

semărie (Romanian): tax

Definitions

  1. tax

Ancestry of “semărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ărie-ery
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
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 Latin -āria →