Where does “-óir” come from?

-óir (Irish) comes from Old Irish -óir, from Proto-Brythonic -ọr, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-óir (Irish): -er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...

Definitions

  1. -er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...

Ancestry of “-óir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-óirer, -or
2Proto-Brythonic-ọr—
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-óir”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old Irish -óir →