Where does “-ae” come from?

-ae (English) comes from Latin -ae, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

-ae (English): plural of -a

Definitions

plural of -a

Ancestry of “-ae”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	-ae	nominative feminine plural of -us; genitive...
2	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us
4	Proto-Italic	-os	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-ós	Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -ae →