Triparic Word Formation
Appearance
Nouns from Verbs
Purpose | English | German | Latin | French | Old Tri. |
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Agent | -er, -tor | -er(in) | -tor/trix | -eur/euse, -ier(e) | -eur |
State/condition | -ment and others | -tum, -ung, -schaft | -or (dolor, amor, timor, horror, clamor) |
-ment et al | Inconsistent; sometimes -at |
Action/result | -tion | -tum, -ung, -schaft | -io, -tio | -tion et al | Inconsistent; sometimes -at or -stanz |