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”)
-arium (a place associated with a specified thing) · -arium (a device associated with a specified function)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -ārius Latin -āriumlbor. Polish -arium Learned borrowing from Latin -ārium.
indicates a place designed for the purpose expressed by the root
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -iebor. Middle High German -īe German -eibor. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)lbor. Greek -είο (-eío)bor. Esperanto -ejo Borrowed from German -ei, Greek -είο (-eío).