-ior

Appendix:Variations of "ior" English Etymology 1 From en la -ior, the nominative masculine and feminine singular of the comparative suffix la -iōr. Suffix en suffix Suffix occurring in comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin. anterior, inferior, junior, posterior, senior, superior Etymology 2 Variant of en -iour. Suffix en suffix en American spelling en -iour behavior, havior, savior Latin Etymology From la itc-pro *-jōs, from la ine-pro *-yōs, for original ine-pro **-yoss, i.e. the s-stem ine-pro *-yos- with masculine nominative *-s. The ō from the nominative case was made common to all cases. Afterwards nom.sg. -iōr > -ior, by History of Latin Latin sound laws. Thus paradoxically, as in the r-stems (la soror, la -tor, la -or), in the resulting paradigm the one form with a short stem vowel is the only form whose stem was etymologically long. Pronunciation -ior stressed on the antepenult Suffix la suffix m f neuter -ius; third declension forms adjectives’ comparative degrees la esculentus → la esculentior la pūtidus → la pūtidior la ulter → la ulterior (not *la ultrior) Usage notes This suffix is usually appended to the oblique stem of the adjective’s absolute degree. Declension -ior Derived terms la See also la -issimus suffix forming adjectives’ superlative degrees References Further reading 1 -ior 964/3 Middle English Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -iere Romanian Etymology ro :inh la:-olus + 1 Suffix ro suffix m plural -iori feminine -ioară feminine plural -ioare diminutive suffixes Forms diminutives of nouns. ro frate brother frățior ro mia ewe mioară Usage notes The "i" sometimes leads to the palatalization of the previous consonant and gets subsequently deleted. ro obraz cheek obrăjor See also ro -șor