Where does “-oiier” come from?
-oiier (Old French) comes from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
-oiier (Old French): used to form infinitives of some first group...
Definitions
- used to form infinitives of some first group...
Ancestry of “-oiier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “-oiier”