-ior

Etymology
From, from , for original , i.e. the s-stem with masculine nominative *-s. The ō from the nominative case was made common to all cases. Afterwards nom.sg. -iōr > -ior, by. Thus paradoxically, as in the r-stems, in the resulting paradigm the one form with a short stem vowel is the only form whose stem was etymologically long.

Suffix

 * third declension


 * → (not *)
 * → (not *)
 * → (not *)
 * → (not *)

Usage notes

 * This suffix is usually appended to the oblique stem of the adjective’s absolute degree.

Etymology
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Suffix

 * 1) Forms diminutives of nouns.

Usage notes
The "i" sometimes leads to the palitalization of the previous consonant and gets subsequently deleted.