Where does “-aire” come from?

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

-aire (Old Irish): Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or

Definitions

  1. Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or

Ancestry of “-aire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-aire—
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-aire”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old French -aire →