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-iour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
-iour
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Suffix added to verbs to form nouns.

suffix

Alternative form of -our

Example Sentences

Etymology

An alteration of -our, arising in the 15th and 16th centuries through analogy with words such as saviour (Middle English saveour, savour) and paviour (Middle English paver, pavier) which varied between forms with an intervening -e- or -i- and those without due to differing adaptions of their Old French sources (sauveor and paveor, *pavier respectively).

Inflected Forms

-ior (alternative)

Questions

What does -iour mean?
Suffix added to verbs to form nouns.
Where does -iour come from?
An alteration of -our, arising in the 15th and 16th centuries through analogy with words such as saviour (Middle English saveour, savour) and paviour (Middle English paver, pavier) which varied between forms with an intervening -e- or -i- and those without due to differing adaptions of their Old French sources (sauveor and paveor, *pavier respectively).

How to pronounce -iour

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