-ois

French

suffix

Definitions

Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or dialect.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -ois inherited from -iscus inherited from Latin -ēnsis (of a place, of from a place, of from).

Origin

Latin

-ēnsis

Gloss

of a place, of from a place, of from

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Piegan English
-iscus Latin
-ēnsis Latin
-oise French
-és Spanish, Castilian
Guyana Spanish, Castilian
-eis Old French
-ois Old French
-ès Catalan, Valencian
-ouais Norman
-es Old Portuguese
-enc Occitan
-éize Ligurian
-iscus LL

-oise