-edor

See also: edor

Spanish

Etymology

From -dor.

Suffix

-edor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -edores, feminine -edora, feminine plural -edoras)
-edor (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -edora, masculine plural -edores, feminine plural -edoras)

1. form of -dor attached to -er verb stems; forms (usually agent) nouns and adjectives

   ‎ensordecer (“to deafen”) + ‎-edor → ‎ensordecedor (“deafening”)

   ‎tener (“to hold”) + ‎-edor → ‎tenedor (“fork, "holder"”)

Further reading

• “-edor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014