Where does “tacañería” come from?

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

tacañería (Spanish): meanness; stinginess

Definitions

  1. meanness; stinginess

Ancestry of “tacañería”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-eríaTurns a noun into a store or restaurant that...
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 *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin -āria