-wr

Etymology
From, but semantically influenced due to similarity in form to English and Latin.

Suffix

 * : -er, -or
 * : -er, -or
 * : -er, -or
 * : -er, -or
 * : -er, -or
 * : -er, -or
 * : -er, -or

Usage notes

 * Despite being grammatically masculine, -wr only refers solely to males when a coordinate female term is available, for example, vs . When no female term is in current use, the grammatically masculine term in -wr is neutral as regards biological sex, for example . Use of the explicitly female suffix  is old-fashioned outside of certain established terms.


 * -wr is used on occasion to indicate an instrument or machine but other suffixes such as  are more common.