-ie
Old French
suffix
Definitions
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -ia (-ness).
Origin
Latin
-ia
Gloss
-ness
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ia English
- -ia Latin
- insolentia Latin
- -ei German
- -ien German
- -ie Dutch, Flemish
- -ij Dutch, Flemish
- -ie French
- Magnol French
- -ия Russian
- -ia Spanish, Castilian
- -ία Ancient Greek
- -ίᾱ Ancient Greek
- -ια Ancient Greek
- -κια Ancient Greek
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- οὐ Ancient Greek
- -ie Middle English
- -io Esperanto
- -ija Serbo-Croatian
- -ie Middle Dutch
- -ia Translingual
- -ija Latvian
- -ie Middle High German
- -īe Middle High German
- ־ײַ Yiddish
- -ija Slovene
- -ija Lithuanian