-or
Old French
suffix
Definitions
- er, suffix used to form agent nouns
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -tor, -(a)tor.
Origin
Latin
-tor, -(a)tor
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -tor, -(a)tor Latin
- -tor, -(ā)tor Latin
- -ārius Latin
- -ātor Latin
- -ario Italian
- -aar Dutch, Flemish
- -ario Spanish, Castilian
- -ero Spanish, Castilian
- *-tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *-ārijaz Proto-Germanic
- -ari Old Norse
- -aire Old French
- -erie Old French
- -ier Old French
- -ari Catalan, Valencian
- -er Catalan, Valencian
- -ario Ido
- -aire Old Irish
- -eiro Old Portuguese
- -ar Aromanian
- -ièr Occitan
- -erie xno