Where does “-eux” come from?

-eux (Middle French) comes from Old French -us, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

-eux (Middle French): -ous, -y

Definitions

  1. -ous, -y

Ancestry of “-eux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “-eux”

Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →