Where does “-us” come from?

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

-us (Old French): -ous, used for forming adjectives

Definitions

  1. -ous, used for forming adjectives

Ancestry of “-us”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
2Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “-us”

Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →