Meanings
-or1
plural -ors · alternative obsolete -our
- 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
1 more example
survive + -or → survivor
- businessAppended 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.
-or2
Synonyms & antonyms
suffixCreates 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.
Origin
-or · suffix
- Latin-ātor
- Old French-eor
- Middle English-our
- English-or
From Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor; reinforced by Old French -or and its source, Latin -tor, -tōrem.
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Full word history & related roots →-or · suffix
- Latin-or
- English-or
From Latin -or.
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Cite this entry
-or. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-or
“-or.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-or. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-or,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-or.
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