-(vowel)+ity/ité and (vowel)+itarian/itaire

Hello,

Today was my first time trying to write the word “autoritaire” (authoritarian). I wasn’t sure how to treat the suffix so I looked it up in my DJS dictionary which shows it written in full.

Following the spirit of compound prefixes and suffixes, I was wondering if suffix “-(vowel)+itaire” could still be written with a detached R-E-R.

I know that in English there mustn’t be a lot of words ending in -itarian, but in French there are a few which are pretty common: autoritaire, prioritaire, majoritaire, minoritaire, sécuritaire, paritaire.

Thanks!


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