-aio

Italian (Fiorentino)

/ˈa.jo/

suffix

Definitions

Added to nouns to form agent nouns.
Added to nouns to form nouns of mass or collection.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ārium (place for).

Origin

Latin

-ārium

Gloss

place for

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-arium English
-ārium Latin
-árium Hungarian
-arium Dutch, Flemish
-aire French
-ário Portuguese
-aire Old French
-ier Old French
-ar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
-aithe Norman
-aire Middle French
-ari Romansh