Where does “mariposario” come from?

mariposario (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ario, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

mariposario (Spanish): A butterfly zoo, butterfly farm

Definitions

  1. A butterfly zoo, butterfly farm

Ancestry of “mariposario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-ario-ary
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Spanish -ario →