Standard Lemma guide
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suffix
Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: -al, -ar, -ese, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ory, -ous, -y
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
Ending of some substantives borrowed or inherited from Latin and French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
Having the specified arity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: -adic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Inherited from Middle English -arie, a back-formation from Latin and French-borrowed adjectives ending respectively in -ārius and -aire (more rarely from Latin adjectives in -āris: see exemplary and lapidary). Doublet of -ar, -eer, -ier, and -yer; see also the related -arian.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
