-ior

Suffix occurring in comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin.

Suffix morpheme

  1. Suffix occurring in comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin.
    • anterior, inferior, junior, posterior, senior, superior

Origin

From Latin -ior, the nominative masculine and feminine singular of the comparative suffix -iōr.

Suffix US, alt of

  1. Alternative form of -iour
    • behavior, havior, savior

Origin

Variant of -iour.