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Where does “-ir” come from?

-ir (Old French) comes from Latin -īre.

-ir (Old French): used to form infinitives of second conjugation...

Definitions

  1. used to form infinitives of second conjugation...

Ancestry of “-ir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-īre—

Words derived from “-ir”

  • cherish
  • enrichment
  • enrich
  • embellishment
  • cherishing
  • embellish
  • embellishing
  • cherisheth
  • cherisher
  • enricher
  • cherishable
  • embellisher
  • cherishment
  • enricheth
  • enrichest
  • cherishingly
  • overembellish
  • enrichable
  • overembellishment
  • enantioenrich
  • embellishable
  • embellishingly
  • disembellish
  • enantioenrichment
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