Where does “-ier” come from?

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

-ier (Old French): suffix used to form infinitives of first...

Definitions

  1. suffix used to form infinitives of first...

Ancestry of “-ier”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ier

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios