-eer
-eer suffix repr. mostly F. -ier :- L. -ārius -ARY, and denoting ‘one who is concerned with, handles, or deals with’. In several words there were earlier vars. in -er and -ier (which was gen. replaced by -eer in XVII); charioteer and engineer go back to ME. antecedents adopted from OF. forms in -eor (mod. -eur).
Most of the sbs. have deriv. vbs., which are used particularly in the gerund and prp., e.g. electioneering, mountaineering.
Most of the sbs. have deriv. vbs., which are used particularly in the gerund and prp., e.g. electioneering, mountaineering.
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