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Where does “-nos” come from?

-nos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “-nos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “-nos”

  • journey
  • alternative
  • journal
  • maternal
  • alternate
  • journalist
  • tribunal
  • terrain
  • journalism
  • alternating
  • alternately
  • Journey
  • fraternity
  • sojourn
  • alternatively
  • maternity
  • fraternal
  • journalistic
  • alt
  • alternation
  • subaltern
  • journeying
  • diurnal
  • adjournment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →