Where does “-a” come from?

-a (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

-a (Latin): suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...

Definitions

  1. suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...

Ancestry of “-a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
2Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-a”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →