-er

Dutch (Brabantic)

suffix
Definitions
  • Forms agent nouns from verbs.
  • Forms nouns for a person associated with something.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *-āri inherited from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz derived from Latin -ārius (of n-g, pertaining to).

Origin

Latin

-ārius

Gloss

of n-g, pertaining to

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