Where does “protofascista” come from?

protofascista (Spanish) comes from Spanish proto-, from Ancient Greek πρωτο-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Byzantine Greek νοτάριος, from Latin notarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

protofascista (Spanish): protofascist

Definitions

  1. protofascist

Ancestry of “protofascista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishproto-proto
2Ancient Greekπρωτο-first, primary
3Ancient Greekπρῶτοςfirst; earliest; foremost, most prominent
4Byzantine Greekνοτάριος
5Latinnotariusnotary; clerk, secretary; writer of shorthand;...
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin notarius
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