Where does “-ior” come from?

-ior (Romanian) comes from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

-ior (Romanian): Forms diminutives of nouns

Definitions

  1. Forms diminutives of nouns

Ancestry of “-ior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-ior”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin -olus →