Where does “-ir” come from?

-ir (Old French) comes from Latin -īre — fourth conjugation.

-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-īrefourth conjugation

Words derived from “-ir

Every word from Latin -īre
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