Where does “-os” come from?

-os (Old French) comes from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

-os (Old French): Alternative form of -us; -ous

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -us; -ous

Ancestry of “-os”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
2Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
3Latinont-to-s—
4Latin-o-wont-to-s—

Words derived from “-os”

Every word from Latin -o-wont-to-s →Every word from Latin -osus →Every word from Old Latin -osos →