-or
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-or¹
- /ə/ UK
- /ɚ/ Canada, US
- /ə/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like -er, -a (non-rhotic)
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
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Latin -torlbor.
English -or
From Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor; reinforced by Old French -or and its source, Latin -tor, -tōrem.
suffix -ors · -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
- Appended 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
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -order.
English -or
From Latin -or.
suffix -ors · -our
- Used to form nouns of quality, state, or condition. err + -or → error
