Where does “-air” come from?
-air (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
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Ancestry of “-air”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | -aire | Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or |
| 2 | Old French | -aire | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |
Words derived from “-air”