Where does “-aire” come from?

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

-aire (Irish): -er, -or

Definitions

  1. -er, -or

Ancestry of “-aire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-aireAgentive affix, similar to English -er, -or
2Old French-aire
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-aire

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios
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