-ees

Dutch (Brabantic)

suffix

Definitions

ese: Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people.

Etymology

Derived from Old French -eis derived 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

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