-ous
English
/əs/
suffix
Definitions
- (chemistry) See Inorganic nomenclature.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -ous borrowed from Old French -ous derived from Latin -ōsus (full of, -ous, full, prone to, meaning full of, suffix forming adjectives, -ful).
Origin
Latin
-ōsus
Gloss
full of, -ous, full, prone to, meaning full of, suffix forming adjectives, -ful
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -gerous English
- -i- English
- -ious English
- -ose English
- ambi- English
- ambisinistrous English
- cymotrichous English
- cymotrichy English
- scabrous English
- scabrously English
- scabrousness English
- sinister English
- -osus Latin
- -osus, -ōsus Latin
- -ōsus Latin
- gerō Latin
- scaber Latin
- -ös German
- -oso Italian
- -eus Dutch, Flemish
- -eux French
- -ose French
- -oso Spanish, Castilian
- κῦμα Ancient Greek
- ϕύλλον Ancient Greek
- *ḱes- Proto-Indo-European
- -ös Swedish
- -ous Middle English
- -eus Old French
- -eux Old French
- -ous Old French
- -us Old French
- -oza Esperanto
- -ós Catalan, Valencian
- -os Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -oza Ido
- -eux Middle French
- -oso Old Portuguese
- -os Aromanian
- -osu Asturian
- -ôs Friulian
- -oso Old Spanish
- -us Middle Welsh
- -ōsos Old Latin