Where does “-ar” come from?

-ar (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan -ar, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

-ar (Occitan): Suffix of verbs of the first conjugation

Definitions

  1. Suffix of verbs of the first conjugation

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitan-ar—
2Latin-ārefirst conjugation
3Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “-ar”

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