-ter

Etymology
Perhaps ultimately from the nominative masculine singular of contrastive adjectives in, later used more generally; perhaps extended from the suffix in prepositions like ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Suffix

 * 1) -ly;

Usage notes
The suffix -ter is usually added to a third-declension adjective or participle stem to form an adverb of manner.

Adjectives with stems ending in -nt(i)- (which end in -ns in the nominative singular) form adverbs in -nter rather than in *-ntiter, such as, from  (this can be considered a form of haplology). Third-declension adjectives with stems ending in anything else generally form adverbs that end in -iter, such as from. The -i- before the -ter can be analyzed either as part of the suffix (dividing the word as celer-iter, where -iter is an allomorph of -ter) or as part of the adjective's stem (dividing the word as celeri-ter, where -i- is the stem-final vowel seen also in some inflected forms like the neuter nominative/accusative plural celeri-a). Alternatively, -i- in this context can be analyzed as a connecting vowel that comes between the stem and the suffix.


 * Further examples of regularly formed adverbs:
 * , from, present active participle of
 * , from
 * , from
 * , from


 * There are only a few adverbs formed without -i- from adjectives not ending in -ns:
 * , from
 * , from
 * ,, , from ,
 * ,, from ,
 * , from

The suffix -iter was sometimes added to a second-declension stem, although and  were more commonly used in such situations.
 * Examples:
 * , from
 * , from
 * , from

Descendants

 * (possibly)

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Usage notes
and are variants of the same suffix. (phonetically ) is always spelt whereas  is represented by  after an unvoiced fricative (phonetically ) and by  after other voiced sounds (phonetically ).

Suffix

 * , -ness, -ment