"-iour" meaning in All languages combined

See -iour on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

Forms: -ior [alternative]
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). Etymology templates: {{cog|enm|saveour}} Middle English saveour, {{cog|enm|paver}} Middle English paver Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -iour, {{en-suffix}} -iour
  1. (no longer productive) Suffix added to verbs to form nouns. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
    Sense id: en--iour-en-suffix-yphUJIN5 Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2
  2. Alternative form of -our Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -our
    Sense id: en--iour-en-suffix-fkgvOaww

Alternative forms

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