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This record is a supporting form or spelling variant of -fier. Use the canonical entry for the main definition and word-family path.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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suffix
Alternative form of -fier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English -er English -ifier From -ify + -er.
