Dictionary

-or en · X · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• ər (Canada, General-American)
• /ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or From Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor; reinforced by Old French -or and its source, Latin -tor, -tōrem.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.
   • settle + -or → settlor
   • survive + -or → survivor
2. (morpheme) Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance
   • Resistors possess resistance and inductors possess inductance.

Forms

Coordinates

-ee

Deriveds

donor · assignor · author · trustor · debtor · licensor · sculptor · actor · settlor · realtor · sublicensor · bailor

Relateds

-ist · -trix · -er

Synonyms

-er · -ster

-or en · X · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -order. English -or From Latin -or.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Used to form nouns of quality, state, or condition.
   • err + -or → error

Forms