Where does “-é” come from?

-é (Old French) comes from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

-é (Old French): used to form past participles of regular -er...

Definitions

  1. used to form past participles of regular -er...

Ancestry of “-é”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
2Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-é”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Proto-Italic -ā →