Where does “-ière” come from?

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

-ière (French): female equivalent of -ier

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of -ier

Ancestry of “-ière”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ière”

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