English Explanatory Dictionary

-ar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. 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.
suffix
  1. Ending of some nouns denoting occupations, chiefly inherited from Middle English nouns borrowed from Old French or Medieval Latin.
suffix
  1. Ending of some agent nouns inherited from Middle English.
suffix
  1. Used to form names of star types.

Word forms

-ar

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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