Where does “scratches” come from?
Scratches comes from Middle English -es, Old English -es, Old French -esse, Proto-Indo-European -es, Ancient Greek -ισσα, Proto-Indo-European -iskos, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -ēs.
scratches (English): plural of scratch; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of scratch; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “scratches”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -es | Used to form the regular plural of nouns; Used to... |
| 2 | Middle English | -es | Alternative form of -yssh; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | -es | possessive marker, indicating that an object... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -as | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |