köken: Semi-learned borrowing from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius; or (in the feminine) from -āria. Compare the inherited doublet of -ier/-ière.
forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriuslbor. Portuguese -ário Learned borrowing from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro.
alfândega (“customs (government agency)”) + -ário → alfandegário (“relating to the customs”)
Added to a word to denote a profession or craft; -er
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Romanian -ar Inherited from Latin -ārium, accusative of -ārius.