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- The old switcheroo: Where did the -eroo suffix come from?
The suffix -eroo appears to be an analoguous post-formation derived, in the view of many, from the Spanish vaquero - a cowboy Julian Mason (in American Speech , Feb 1960, pp 51-55 - available through Duke University Press, albeit behind the pay-wall of JSTOR) cites a novel by one Owen Wister, Jimmyjohn Boss (1900):
- Arm the good guys in America - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Boy howdy! Where did this expression come from, who uses it, and what . . .
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- Where does the suffix -ker come from? - English Language Usage . . .
The word "eidetiker" has German origins It is from the German term Eidetiker (A distinct feminine form exists in German, Eidetikerin, but in English "eidetiker" seems to be used for men and women alike )
- suffixes - Is t a suffix? - Is t a suffix? - English Language . . .
Is "t" a suffix ? owe ought draw draught bow bight If so, why does "w" change to "gh" ?
- Where does the -ive suffix come from in restive?
-ive invokes 'expressing tendency, connection with; disposition' and your M-W article [wrongly linked] has 'In its earliest use, restive meant "sluggish" or "inactive," though this sense is no longer in use
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