-ouais
Norman
suffix
Definitions
- (Jersey) 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 Latin -iscus, -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
- -esco Italian
- -esque French
- -ois French
- -sco Spanish, Castilian
- -és Spanish, Castilian
- Guyana Spanish, Castilian
- -ῐ́σκος Ancient Greek
- *-iskaz Proto-Germanic
- -eis Old French
- -ois Old French
- -esc Catalan, Valencian
- -ès Catalan, Valencian
- -esc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -escu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -es Old Portuguese
- -escu Aromanian
- -enc Occitan
- -éize Ligurian
- -isc lng
- -iscus LL