Where does “-ior” come from?

-ior (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-ior (Latin): "third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative...

Definitions

  1. "third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative...

Ancestry of “-ior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
2Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-ior

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós