Where does “topera” come from?

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

topera (Spanish): molehill; buffer

Definitions

  1. molehill; buffer

Ancestry of “topera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-erafeminine singular of -ero; indicates a place or...
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
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