-er

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
2. (informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
3. A person whose occupation is the root noun; (more broadly, occasionally with adjectives) a person characterized by the root.
4. A person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies.
5. (slang) Used to form nouns shorter than more formal synonyms.
6. A person who is associated with, or supports a particular theory, doctrine, or political movement.
7. A thing that is related in some way to the root, such as by location or purpose.

Concepten

-er

-aard

-e

-aar

-erd

-ist

-se

Synoniemen

more

er

-ist

or

greater

agent

person

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tradesman

-ian

man

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -er
English -er
Inherited from Middle English -ere, -er, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic *-ārī, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, usually thought to have been borrowed from Latin -ārius. However, Gąsiorowski suggests that *-ārijaz is a native formation; he derives it from earlier *-azrijaz, which he etymologises as a zero-grade form of *-sōr suffixed with *-ih₂, creating a suffix *-sr-ih₂ for forming feminine agent nouns, which was then masculinised by attaching *-ós. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -er, West Frisian -er, Dutch -er, German Low German -er, German -er, Danish -er, Swedish -are, Icelandic -ari.
Compare the synonymous but unrelated Old French -or, -eor (Anglo-Norman variant -our), from Latin -(ā)tor, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr.