Where does “-ar” come from?

-ar (Albanian) comes from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-ar (Albanian): a suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, much like English -er/-or

Definitions

  1. a suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, much like English -er/-or

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriuser
2Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-ar”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →