Morpheme
-(o)r [-or, -r]
Type
suffix
Denotation
noun suffix, agent suffix (Latin plural -ores)
Etymology
Middle English -our; Old French -our, -eor, -or; Latin -ātōrem, from -ātor, from rebracketed <-a-> of stem + -tor
Evidence
abductor, actor, actress, amatory, ancestor, author, bailor, bisector, convector, debtor, donor, monitor, nocisensor, receptor, sculptor, sculptress, sculptrix, senator, sensor, survivor, ustrina, ustrinum, vector
Notes
many words that end in -trix come from a base word ending in <t> + -(o)r + -ix
See Also
-ar, -(e)r [-er, -r], -t(o)r [-tor, -tr], -ores
Homographs
Or, Or, or-, -or, -(a)r [-ar, -r], -(e)r [-er, -r], -(e)r [-er, -r], Or(e) [Ore, Or], Or(e) [Ore, Or], -o(u)r [-or, -our]
