Where does “-ar” come from?

-ar (Aromanian) comes from Latin -arium, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-ar (Aromanian): suffix used to denote a profession or craft

Definitions

  1. suffix used to denote a profession or craft

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ariumUsed to form nouns denoting a "place where things...
2Latin-ariusUsed to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;...
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-ar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -arius →Every word from Latin -arium →