-ero

Shift from oro (“every, all”).^[1]

-ero

1. Used to form adverbs from nouns of time; every, each

   ‎gau (“night”) + ‎-ero → ‎gauero (“every night”)

Possibly from French -aire; however, compare Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part, component”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈero/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: e‧ro

-ero

1. Denotes a particle of something.

   ‎greno (“grain”) + ‎-ero → ‎grenero (“seed of grain”)

   ‎sablo (“sand”) + ‎-ero → ‎sablero (“grain of sand”)

• -ro, -rö

-ra +‎ -i, with i triggering labialization of the preceding vowel and later being lost. The e is re-extracted. Compare synonymous -(e)lo.

• IPA^(key): /-ero/, [-e̞ro̞]

-ero (front vowel harmony variant -erö, linguistic notation -erO)

1. Forms certain sound-symbolic or diminutive nouns.

   ‎koppi + ‎-ero → ‎koppero

2. Forms certain pejorative nouns.

   ‎mulkku + ‎-ero → ‎mulkero

   ‎nynny + ‎-ero → ‎nynnerö

A similar element is to be found at the end of multiple words without an obvious root – some of them diminutive or descriptive nouns (napero, tötterö), others pejorative (punkero), and some adjectives (tökerö).

• -llero

Borrowed from English -er, French -eur, German -er, Russian -ер (-er).

• IPA^(key): /ˈero/

-ero

1. suffix denoting a person occupied in a customary though not professional activity or occupation

   ‎boxar (“to box”) + ‎-ero → ‎boxero (“(amateur) boxer”)

2. suffix denoting an animal or other thing with a characteristic action

   ‎rodar (“to gnaw”) + ‎-ero → ‎rodero (“rodent”)

   ‎krozar (“to cruise”) + ‎-ero → ‎krozero (“cruiser”)

   (neologism) ‎komputar (“to compute”) + ‎-ero → ‎komputero (“computer”)

Borrowed from English -er, French -ier, Portuguese -eiro/Spanish -ero, all ultimately from Latin -ārius or -ārium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈero/

1=n

-ero

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a professional occupation; -er, -eer

   Synonyms: -ario, -ista

   ‎barba (“beard”) + ‎-ero → ‎barbero (“barber”)

   ‎banca (“bank”) + ‎-ero → ‎banchero (“banker”)

   ‎ambulantia (“ambulance”) + ‎-era → ‎ambulantiera (“ambulance driver”)

• The suffix -ario also indicates a professional and parallel forms with either suffix are often possible. The somewhat synonymous suffix -ista indicates preoccupation with a system, science, art etc.
• This suffix is male, the coordinate female suffix being -era.
• The corresponding adjectival suffix is often -ari.

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.ro]

-erō

1. first-person singular future perfect active indicative of -ō

Borrowed from Spanish -ero.

-ero

1. Suffix that forms nouns and adjectives from nouns.

Inherited from Latin -ārius via */arju/ > */ajru/. Compare Portuguese -eiro. Doublet of the borrowed suffix -ario.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾo/ [ˈe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: -e‧ro

-ero m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eros, feminine -era, feminine plural -eras)

1. forms occupations and other agent nouns from nouns

   ‎vaca (“cow”) + ‎-ero → ‎vaquero (“cowboy”)

   ‎gaita (“bagpipes”) + ‎-ero → ‎gaitero (“bagpiper”)

2. forms objects designed for use with another object

   ‎llave (“key”) + ‎-ero → ‎llavero (“key ring”)

   ‎moneda (“coin”) + ‎-ero → ‎monedero (“purse”)

3. forms tree names from their fruit

   ‎albaricoque (“apricot”) + ‎-ero → ‎albaricoquero (“apricot tree”)

   ‎coco (“coconut”) + ‎-ero → ‎cocotero (“coconut tree”)

4. forms places where collections can be found

   ‎hormiga (“ant”) + ‎-ero → ‎hormiguero (“anthill”)

   ‎estiércol (“manure”) + ‎-ero → ‎estercolero (“dung heap”)

   ‎refrán (“saying, proverb”) + ‎-ero → ‎refranero (“collection of proverbs”)

-ero (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -era, masculine plural -eros, feminine plural -eras)

1. forms adjective from nouns denoting the qualities of the noun

   ‎casa (“house”) + ‎-ero → ‎casero (“homely”)

   ‎calle (“street”) + ‎-ero → ‎callejero (“street (relational)”)

   ‎traición (“betrayal”) + ‎-ero → ‎traicionero (“treacherous”)

• “-ero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish -ero.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈeɾo/ [ˈɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: -e‧ro

-ero (noun-forming suffix, feminine -era, Baybayin spelling ᜒᜇᜓ)

1. forms occupations and other agent nouns from nouns

   ‎babae (“woman”) + ‎-ero → ‎babaero (“womanizer”)

   ‎gitara (“guitar”) + ‎-ero → ‎gitarero (“guitarist”)

   ‎musika (“music”) + ‎-ero → ‎musikero (“musician”)

   ‎sabong (“cockfight”) + ‎-ero → ‎sabongero (“cockfighter”)

   ‎salamangka (“magic”) + ‎-ero → ‎salamangkero (“magician”)

   ‎tambol (“drum”) + ‎-ero → ‎tambolero (“drummer”)

   ‎tinda (“goods for sale”) + ‎-ero → ‎tindero (“vendor”)

   ‎tubo (“pipe”) + ‎-ero → ‎tubero (“plumber”)

• Tagalog terms suffixed with -ero

  abusero

  alahero

  aligandero

  alkabalero

  asyumero

  babaero

  bangkero

  basag-ulero

  basurero

  boksingero

  bolero

  bombero

  bungangero

  buratsero

  butangero

  daldalero

  hardinero

  inhenyero

  inggitero

  Inglesero

  isnabero

  kantutero

  Katipunero

  kontesero

  kusinero

  kutsero

  lakwatsero

  lasinggero

  madyikero

  mensahero

  minero

  musikero

  osyosero

  pakialamero

  palikero

  pasahero

  raketero

  sabongero

  salamangkero

  sipero

  stirero

  sumbungero

  tambolero

  tindero

  torero

  tubero

  usisero