Where does “-ense” come from?

-ense (Portuguese) comes from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

-ense (Portuguese): forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a...

Definitions

  1. forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a...

Ancestry of “-ense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ensisOf or from
2Latinarvumfield; farm land
3Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
4Latinquelō
5Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “-ense

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-