-ar
suffix
Meaning
- Of, near, or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
- Ending of some nouns denoting occupations, chiefly inherited from Middle English nouns borrowed from Old French or Medieval Latin.
- Ending of some agent nouns inherited from Middle English.
- Used to form names of star types.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar Borrowed from Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”). Distant doublet of -al.
- -ere(Old English)→
- -ere(Middle English)→
- -ar(Middle English)→
- -ar (English)
- Relations: inh, cog, inh
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