-eur
1.
a suffix occurring in loanwords from French, usually agent nouns formed from verbs (
entrepreneur; voyeur
), less commonly adjectives (
agent provocateur
).
Origin
<
French;
Old French
-o
(
u
)
r
<
Latin
-ōr-
-or
2
and
-eo
(
u
)
r
<
Latin
-ātōr-
-ator
; see
-tor