"-atour" meaning in Middle English

See -atour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ˈaːtur/ Forms: -atoure [alternative], -atur [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French -ator and its etymon Latin -ātor, -ātōrem. Doublet of -our. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:-ator&lt;ety:bor&lt;la:-ātor&lt;id:agent nouns&gt;&gt;&gt;|:bor|la:-ātor&lt;id:agent nouns&gt;}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ator", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "agent nouns", "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":from", "3" : "la:-tor<id:agent nouns>", "id" : "agent nouns" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-atour", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="-atour">, {{bor+|enm|fro|-ator}} Borrowed from Old French -ator, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{bor|enm|la|-ātor|-ātor, -ātōrem|id=agent nouns}} Latin -ātor, -ātōrem, {{doublet|enm|-our}} Doublet of -our, {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:-ator&lt;ety:bor&lt;la:-ātor&lt;id:agent nouns&gt;&gt;&gt;|:bor|la:-ātor&lt;id:agent nouns&gt;}} Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -atour
  1. (no longer productive, uncommon) Forms agent nouns from other nouns or verbs of Romance origin. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme, uncommon

Alternative forms

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