Where does “-eur” come from?

-eur (Middle French) comes from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-eur (Middle French): Used to form agent nouns from verbs

Definitions

  1. Used to form agent nouns from verbs

Ancestry of “-eur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
2Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “-eur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →