Where does “-är” come from?

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

-är (German): -ary

Definitions

  1. -ary

Ancestry of “-är”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-aire-ary; -aire
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-är”

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