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Where does “-usu” come from?
-usu (Sicilian) comes from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.
-usu
(Sicilian): ose; -ous
Definitions
ose; -ous
Ancestry of “-usu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
-ōsus
ose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
2
Old Latin
-ōssus
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Words derived from “-usu”
-uz
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