-us
Latin
suffix-adj
Etymology
Inherited from Old Latin -os inherited from Proto-Italic *-os inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-ós (suffix forming agent nouns from verb stems, adjectival ending).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-ós
Gloss
suffix forming agent nouns from verb stems, adjectival ending
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aceratus Latin
- blandiloquus Latin
- blandus Latin
- inophyllus Latin
- loquor Latin
- -o Italian
- -ος Ancient Greek
- Διονυσόδωρος Ancient Greek
- λοχαγός Ancient Greek
- πτῐ́λον Ancient Greek
- πᾰχῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- στρατηγός Ancient Greek
- τράγος Ancient Greek
- ὀρόσπιζος Ancient Greek
- ῑ̓́ς Ancient Greek
- *-os Proto-Indo-European
- *-ós Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- -r Old Norse
- -ur Icelandic
- सांबर Hindi
- -us Translingual
- *-os Proto-Italic
- -os Old Latin