Where does “-cus” come from?

-cus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -kos, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

-cus (Latin): suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...

Definitions

  1. suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...

Ancestry of “-cus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-kos—
2Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-cus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Italic -kos →
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