Where does “-are” come from?

-are (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-are (Swedish): Regular construction of comparative: ful →...

Definitions

  1. Regular construction of comparative: ful →...

Ancestry of “-are”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
2Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-are

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios
-are — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer