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Where does “-ii” come from?

-ii (Latin) comes from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-ii (Latin): nominative masculine plural of -ius; genitive...

Definitions

  1. nominative masculine plural of -ius; genitive...

Ancestry of “-ii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
2Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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