Where does “-ièr” come from?

-ièr (Occitan) comes from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-ièr (Occitan): Forms agent nouns from verbs and nouns, which may have attributive adjective senses

Definitions

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs and nouns, which may have attributive adjective senses

Ancestry of “-ièr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriuser
2Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-ièr

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -ārius