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-ar en · X · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar Borrowed from Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”). Distant doublet of -al.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Of, near, or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
    • lobe + -ar → lobar
    • alveolus + -ar → alveolar

Synonyms

-oid · -al · -like · -ese · -ory · -ous · -y · -id · -an · -ish · -ary · -ic

Translations (4)

pt -ar (of, near, or pertaining to) · ar ـِيّ (of, near, or pertaining to) · hu -áris (of, near, or pertaining to) · pl -arny (of, near, or pertaining to)

Source: en.wiktionary, “-ar” (suffix), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

-ar en · X · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Old French -airebor. Middle English -ar, -er, -arie English -ar Inherited from Middle English -ar, -er, -arie, borrowed from Latin -ārius or Old French -aire. Doublet of -ary, -eer, -ier, and -yer.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Ending of some nouns denoting occupations, chiefly inherited from Middle English nouns borrowed from Old French or Medieval Latin.
Source: en.wiktionary, “-ar” (suffix), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

-ar en · X · etymology 3

Etymology

From Middle English -ar, -are, variant of Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere. More at -er.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Ending of some agent nouns inherited from Middle English.
    • beggar, liar, pedlar
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-ar en · X · etymology 4

Etymology

Clipping of star or stellar; modelled after the earlier coinages pulsar and quasar.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Used to form names of star types.

Coordinates

aster- · solar · helio- · starry · astro- · stellar