

Akin to Old Saxon -or, Old High German -ur. suffix forming adjectives from verbs denoting tendency or causation slīpan ( “ to slip, glide ” ) + -or → slipor ( “ slippery ” ) wacian ( “ to be awake, be watchful ” ) + -or → wacor ( “ vigilant, watchful ” )įrom Proto-Germanic *-raz.Old English Pronunciation įrom Proto-Germanic *-ar. In Bokmål, -er is the only form allowed suffix. The -or suffix is a bracket form in Nynorsk whereas -er is the main form. A plural marker, used on feminine gender nouns ending with an unstressed -e.(1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN used to form a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root or conceived root form amō ( “ I love ” ) + -or → amor ( “ love ” ) timeō ( “ I fear”, “I am afraid ” ) + -or → timor ( “ fear ” ) Synonyms: -ēs, -us.Thus paradoxically, as in the r-stems ( soror, -tor), in the resulting paradigm the one form with a short stem vowel is the only form whose stem was etymologically long. The ō from the nominative case was made common to all cases originally with non-ablauting o (the three exceptions were arbor, mulier and Cerēs). the neuter s-stem *-os with masculine nominative *-s. ( Ecclesiastical ) IPA ( key): /or/, įrom Proto-Italic *-ōs, from Proto-Indo-European *-ōs, for original *-oss, i.e.You must buy milk when you are at the shop. Tu mustas kompr or lakto kande tu es che la butiko. ( electrical science ) Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance. survive + -or → survivor Synonyms: -er, ( casual ) -ster Hyponyms: -a, -ess, -ette, -rix Coordinate term: ( converse form one who receives from the actor ) -ee Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.Homophones: -er, -a ( in non-rhotic accents ).English Alternative forms įrom Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor reinforced by Old French -or and its source, Latin -tor, -tōrem.
