-uż

Maltese

/uːs/

suffix

Definitions

ous; -ose; -y; -ly

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian -usu derived from Latin -osus (-ous, suffix forming adjectives from nouns, forming adjectives, -ose).

Origin

Latin

-osus

Gloss

-ous, suffix forming adjectives from nouns, forming adjectives, -ose

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-osus Latin
-ózus Hungarian
-eux French
-usu Sicilian
-ōsos Old Latin