Where does “ustiarius” come from?

ustiarius (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin ostiārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ustiarius (Vulgar Latin): doorkeeper

Definitions

  1. doorkeeper

Ancestry of “ustiarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinostiāriusof or pertaining to a door
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “ustiarius”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin ostiārius →