-ior

== 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [i.ɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.or] (stressed on the antepenult) === 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 === === Further reading === “-ior” on page 964/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Middle English == === Suffix === -ior alternative form of -iere == 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 palatalization of the previous consonant and gets subsequently deleted. ‎obraz (“cheek”) + ‎-ior → ‎obrăjor ==== See also ==== -șor