Standard Lemma guide
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suffix
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: -al, -an, -ary, -ese, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ory, -ous, -y
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
Ending of some nouns denoting occupations, chiefly inherited from Middle English nouns borrowed from Old French or Medieval Latin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
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suffix
Ending of some agent nouns inherited from Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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suffix
Used to form names of star types.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
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.
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.
From Middle English -ar, -are, variant of Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere. More at -er.
Clipping of star or stellar; modelled after the earlier coinages pulsar and quasar.
Across languages
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