Where does “-ere” come from?

-ere (Middle English) comes from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-ere (Middle English): er

Definitions

  1. er

Ancestry of “-ere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
2Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-ere”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →