Where does “tontera” come from?

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

tontera (Spanish): nonsense, tosh something that is dumb

Definitions

nonsense, tosh something that is dumb

Ancestry of “tontera”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	-era	feminine singular of -ero; indicates a place or...
2	Latin	-āria	used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3	Latin	-ārius	er
4	Proto-Italic	*-āzios	Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

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