-iere

iere -ière Italian Pronunciation -ière Etymology 1 it :bor fro:-ier<id:nouns> ++ Doublet of the inherited suffix it -aio -aro 1. Cognate with scn -eri. Suffix m -iera used to form masculine nouns (often of French origin) that represent a person who makes or sells a specified article; -er, -or it -ere it giardino giardiniere garden gardener it gioiello gioielliere jewel jeweller Derived terms it Etymology 2 Suffix it suffix form f it -iera See also it -ista it -tore Anagrams it eeir -erei Middle English Alternative forms enm -ȝer -iar -ier -ior -yare -yer -yere -yȝere Etymology Probably from enm -ien -ere infinitival agentive agent noun infinitival suffix 1; i.e. nouns in enm -ere agentive built to verbs in enm -ien infinitival, perhaps on the model of how Old English formations in ang -end built on Class 2 weak verbs retain the -i- of the verb (e.g. enm lovye lovye(n) → enm lovyere like ang lufian → ang lufiend). In later use, possibly reinforced by enm fro -ier once -ie- became a rising diphthong. Pronunciation enm /-jər(ə)/ /-i.ər(ə)/ enm /-iˌɛ̞ːr(ə)/ /-jɛ̞ːr(ə)/ with secondary stress Suffix enm suffix noun-forming suffixes Forms agent nouns from other nouns or verbs; en -er Usage notes Many nouns with this suffix have variant forms in enm -ere agentive; similarly, some nouns in -ere, especially those derived from verbs in enm -ien infinitival, have variant forms with this suffix. Derived terms enm -iere Descendants en -yer -ier References -iē̆r(e suf MED21748 VI 14.51 238 121 It led also to the generalization of luui- as the stem (later M.E. lovyeth sg. and pl., lovyere) enm terms suffixed with -ere (agentive) Spanish Suffix es suffix form -er -ir Usage notes The future subjunctive is very rarely used in modern, colloquial Spanish, being used mostly in formal, technical or literary contexts. See also es -are