-air

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ɛːr/

suffix

Definitions

ary; of or pertaining to

Etymology

Derived from Middle French -aire derived from Latin -ārium (place for) borrowed from French -aire (-ary).

Origin

French

-aire

Gloss

-ary

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-arium English
-arium Latin
-ārium Latin
-árium Hungarian
-aio Italian
-arium Dutch, Flemish
-aire French
-arius, -ārius French
-ário Portuguese
-ær Danish
-aire Old French
-ier Old French
-ar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
-aithe Norman
-aire Middle French
-ari Romansh

-arium