Basic Guidelines For English Spellings
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suffix
(forming nouns) denoting a person or thing performing the action of a verb, or denoting another agent.
‘escalator’- ‘governor’
- ‘resistor’
Origin
From Latin, sometimes via Anglo-Norman French -eour or Old French -eor (see also -ator).
suffix
Forming adjectives expressing a comparative sense.
‘major’- ‘minor’
Origin
Via Anglo-Norman French from Latin.
suffix
Forming nouns denoting a state or condition.
‘error’- ‘pallor’
- ‘terror’
Origin
From Latin, sometimes via Old French -or, -ur.
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