-or

Meaning

1. (morpheme) Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.
2. (morpheme) Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance

Synonyms

or

Translations

-eur

-or

-iste

-ore

-aar

-er

-er

-ist

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -our

Cognate with Old French: -or

Cognate with Latin: -tor

In summary

From Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor; reinforced by Old French -or and its source, Latin -tor, -tōrem.