Where does “-ar” come from?

-ar (English) comes from Middle English -ar, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-ar (English): Of, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...

Definitions

  1. Of, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-ar—
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-ar”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →