-tóir

Irish (Donegal)

suffix

Definitions

er suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something

Etymology

Derived from Latin -tor (-er, agent noun).

Origin

Latin

-tor

Gloss

-er, agent noun

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-tor Latin
-toria Latin
-dor Spanish, Castilian
-tor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
-atóir Old Irish
-tóir Old Irish
-dor Old Portuguese
*-tōr Proto-Italic