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Where does “-är” come from?

-är (German) comes from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

-är (German): -ary

Definitions

  1. -ary

Ancestry of “-är”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-aire-ary; -aire
2Latin-ārius—
3Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “-är”

  • inflationär
  • konfliktär
  • diskretionär
  • muskulär
  • reaktionär
  • neuromuskulär
  • stationär
  • quasistationär
  • retikulär
  • geostationär
  • konterrevolutionär
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