-eor
Middle English
Suffix
-eor
- alternative form of -our
Old French
Alternative forms
- (later Old French) -eur
Etymology
From Latin -ātor, from -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Suffix
-eor (nominative singular -ere, occasionally -eors)
- alternative form of -or (suffix indicating an agent noun)
Derived terms
Old French terms suffixed with -eor