In order to determine the reasons that lead Greek to borrow suffixes from Latin, we examine the suffix -(i)ár(is) < Latin -arius, e.g., vromiaris [‘dirty’], within the theoretical morphological framework of Danielle Corbin. This suffix creates denominal adjectives bearing the [-learned/-elevated] feature attributing in a permanent way a degrading or below the social norm quality in a way that can be perceived by the senses, along with the use of these adjectives in everyday life situations. Their [-learned] character is a result of their having borrowed from Latin, a low prestige language, in the Greek judgment. This stereotypical representation of Latinhood allows Greek to signal the difference between the [+learned] (the official, the objective) and the [‐learned] (the subjective, that used in everyday life) while keeping in the first case the elements of Greek origin, and in the second case using borrowed elements.