Where does “tabakera” come from?
tabakera (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian tabacchiera, from Italian -iera, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
tabakera (Serbo-Croatian): snuffbox
Ancestry of “tabakera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | tabacchiera | snuffbox |
| 2 | Italian | -iera | Added to nouns to form other concrete nouns; -er;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |