Where does “-ar” come from?

-ar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

-ar (Spanish): In adjectives, indicating membership or status;...

Definitions

  1. In adjectives, indicating membership or status;...

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanish-arindicates membership or status
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “-ar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Old Spanish -ar →