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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-jōs, from Proto-Indo-European *-yōs, for original **-yoss, i.e. the s-stem *-yos- with masculine nominative *-s. The ō from the nominative case was made common to all cases. Afterwards nom.sg. -iōr > -ior, by Latin sound laws. Thus paradoxically, as in the r-stems (soror, -tor, -or), in the resulting paradigm the one form with a short stem vowel is the only form whose stem was etymologically long.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ior m or f (neuter -ius); third declension
- forms adjectives’ comparative degrees
- esculentus → esculentior
- pūtidus → pūtidior
- ulter → ulterior (not *ultrior)
Usage notes
- This suffix is usually appended to the oblique stem of the adjective’s absolute degree.
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Derived terms
See also
- -issimus (suffix forming adjectives’ superlative degrees)
References
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -olus.
Suffix
-ior m (plural -iori, feminine -ioară, feminine plural -ioare)
- Forms diminutives of nouns.
- frate (“brother”) + -ior → frățior
- mia (“ewe”) + -ior → mioară
Usage notes
The "i" sometimes leads to the palitalization of the previous consonant and gets subsequently deleted.
See also