-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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish -ero.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈeɾo/ [ˈɛ.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