-eer

From Middle French -ier. Doublet of -ary and -yer.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: ear

-eer

1. Used to create an agent noun denoting someone associated with, concerned with, or engaged in a specified activity.

• -er, especially Etymology 4

• 'ere, Ere, REE, Ree, ere, ree

From Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er or Old French -er, from Latin -āre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə̯r/

-eer

1. Part of the root derived mainly from French and Latin, e.g. informeer from French to inform, originally the infinitive ending of such French verbs.

• In verbs with this suffix, the participle prefix ge- may be optionally omitted. This is commonly done in disyllabic verbs, less so in longer ones (because these have a secondary stress on the first syllable). Even with disyllabic verbs, the prefix is seldom omitted in attributive past participles, however.