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-oyer

-oyer

See also: oyer and oþer

French

Suffix

-oyer

  1. A suffix used to form some verbs, often with factitive effect.

Derived terms

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Related terms

References

  1. ↑ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

Etymology

From Old French -oiier, -oier, from Vulgar Latin -idiāre, -izāre, which was formed after Ancient Greek -ίζειν ‎(-ízein), whence also French -iser (re-borrowed from Latin), Catalan -ejar, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Spanish and Portuguese -ear[1]. Compare also Gothic -𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(-itjan), -𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(-atjan, “-ate, -ise”), Old High German -izzen, -azzen ‎(“-ate, -ise”), Old English -ettan ‎(“-ate, -ise”). See also English -ize and English -ise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waje/

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