Where does “-ième” come from?

-ième (French) comes from Middle French -iesme, from Old French -esme, from Latin -esimus.

-ième (French): -st, -nd, and -th, the suffix denoting an ordinal...

Definitions

  1. -st, -nd, and -th, the suffix denoting an ordinal...

Ancestry of “-ième”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle French-iesmeth
2Old French-esme—
3Latin-esimus—

Words derived from “-ième”

Every word from Latin -esimus →Every word from Middle French -iesme →Every word from Old French -esme →