-aire
Irish (Donegal)
suffix
Definitions
- er, -or agent nouns
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish -aire derived from Old French -aire derived from Latin -ārius (of n-g, pertaining to).
Origin
Latin
-ārius
Gloss
of n-g, pertaining to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ārium Latin
- -ārius Latin
- -ātor Latin
- -ario Italian
- -aar Dutch, Flemish
- -ario Spanish, Castilian
- -ero Spanish, Castilian
- *-ārijaz Proto-Germanic
- -ari Old Norse
- -aire Old French
- -erie Old French
- -ier Old French
- -or Old French
- -ari Catalan, Valencian
- -er Catalan, Valencian
- -ario Ido
- -aire Old Irish
- -air Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- -eiro Old Portuguese
- -ar Aromanian
- -ièr Occitan
- -erie xno