-ware

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-wɛ(ə)/ IPA(key): /-wɛɹ/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophone: -wear === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō, with meaning gradually shifting from guard, protection to an object that is in possession, hence meriting attention, guarded, cared for, and protected. ==== Suffix ==== -ware (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -wares) Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made from a particular substance. ‎glass + ‎-ware → ‎glassware Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made in a particular place. ‎Abruzzi + ‎-ware → ‎Abruzzi ware Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items of a particular kind or for a particular use. ‎gift + ‎-ware → ‎giftware ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from software. See also ware and warehouse. ==== Suffix ==== -ware (noun-forming suffix, uncountable) (computing) Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== warez ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Rawe, Wear, -wear, wear, arew, Awre == Middle English == === Alternative forms === -wæren, -wærre (Laȝamon's Brut) -waress (Ormulum) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English -ware, from Proto-West Germanic *-wari, from Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“dwellers of”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-ˌwaːr(ə)/ (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /-ˌwarə/ === Suffix === -ware pl (Early Middle English, rare, no longer productive) A suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Early Modern English: endware ==== References ==== “wāre, n plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Alternative forms === -waras, -waran, -waru === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *-wari, from Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“dwellers of”). Cognate with Old High German -āri (“inhabitants of”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌwɑ.re/ === Suffix === -ware m pl (used in the singular) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place eall sēo buruhwaru ― the people of a city, the entire citizenry (used in the plural) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place burgwaras ― residents of a burg, burghers, citizens Lundunwaran ― Londoners Rōmware ― residents of Rome; Romans ==== Declension ==== (masc. i-stem) (masc. a-stem) Strong a-stem: (masc. n-stem) Weak: (fem. ō-stem) Strong ō-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== -sǣta ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: -ware, -wæren, -wærre (Laȝamon's Brut), -waress (Ormulum)⇒ Early Modern English: endware >? Middle English: -ereEnglish: -erMiddle Scots: -ar, -irScots: -erYola: -eare, -ere, -er