-er Definition
-er (ər)
Etymology: ME -er(e) < OE -ere < WGmc *-arj, *-ārj < or akin to, and reinforced by, L -arius, -arium, agentive suffixes (Anglo-Fr -er, -ier), L -ar (OFr -er), L -atur (OFr -ëure), L -atorium (OFr -ëor, Fr -oir), L -ator (OFr -ëor)
- a person having to do with, esp. as an occupation or profession: added to nouns hatter, geographer
- a person native to or living in: added to place names and nouns New Yorker, cottager
- a thing or action connected with: added to nouns, noun compounds, and noun phrases
- a person or thing that ____s: added to verbs roller
Etymology: ME -re, -er < OE -ra
forming the comparative degree of many adjectives and adverbs later, greaterEtymology: ME < Anglo-Fr inf. suffix
the action of ____ing: added to verb bases in legal language demurrer, repleaderEtymology: ME -ren, -rien < OE -rian, freq. suffix
repeatedly: added to verbs and verb bases flicker, patter
Browse dictionary entries near -er
- ‹ Er Rif
- ‹ er
- ‹ Equuleus
- ‹ equivoque
- ‹ equivocation
- ‹ equivocate
- ‹ equivocal
- ‹ Equivalent Queue Extended Erlang B
- ‹ equivalent
- ‹ equivalence

