-er

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 252 words | Copyright

-er2 repr., in adoptions from French, (i) OF, -er :- L. -āris -AR, or (ii) AN. -er, OF, -ier :- L. -ārius, -ārium -ARY. Some ME. exx. in -er have been refash. with -ar after Latin, as coler COLLAR, scoler SCHOLAR. See also -IER, -OR2.

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