Etymology

-ar

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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-ar · suffix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  3. English today-ar

Borrowed from Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”). Distant doublet of -al.

-ar · suffix2

Inherited from Middle English -ar, -er, -arie, borrowed from Latin -ārius or Old French -aire. Doublet of -ary, -eer, -ier, and -yer.

-ar · suffix3

  1. Old English · inherited from-ere
  2. Middle English · inherited from-ar
  3. English today-ar

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

-ar · suffix4

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

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