Where does “-er” come from?

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

-er (Catalan): Used to form nouns meaning the location or object...

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns meaning the location or object...

Ancestry of “-er”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-er

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios