-eous
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Having the nature of; resembling:
具有…的特性;类似…:
gaseous.
气体的
语源
- Middle English
中古英语 - from Old French -eux, -eus from Latin -ōsus
源自 古法语 -eux, -eus 源自 拉丁语 -ōsus - and from Latin -eus
并源自 拉丁语 -eus
-eous
suffix forming adjectives
relating to or having the nature of
⇒
Compare -ious
gaseous
Compare -ious
Origin
from Latin -eus-eous
Word Origin
1
an adjectival suffix with the meanings “composed of,” “resembling, having the nature of,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (igneous; ligneous; vitreous); also, as a semantically neutral suffix, found on adjectives of diverse origin, sometimes with corresponding nouns ending in -ty2, (beauteous; courteous; hideous; homogeneous; plenteous; righteous).
Origin
< Latin -eus; see -ous
Related Words
- -ious
- aeneous
- aequorin
- aqueous
- arboreal
- arboreous
-eousvariant of -ous, occurring in adjectives taken from Latin or derived from Latin nouns.
[Latin -eus]-eous
suffix
- (forming adjectives) resembling; displaying the nature of[构成形容词]表示“类似于”, “…本质的”, “…属性的”:
-
aqueous
erroneous.
词源
from the Latin suffix -eus + -OUS .
-eous
[Adjective] resembling, of the nature of:
☞ -ous, -eous, -ose, -ious
[Adjective] resembling, of the nature of:
aqueous, righteous, nauseous, ceraceous
☞ -ous, -eous, -ose, -ious
ORIGIN: from Latin -eus + -ous . Cf. -aceous , -aneous .
-eous
\ēəs, yəs; or əs when the e influences the pronunciation of the preceding consonant as in “cretaceous”\ adjective suffix
Etymology: Latin -eus composed of, of the nature of or resembling (a specified substance); akin to Greek -eos composed of, Sanskrit -aya
: like : resembling : of the nature of
< aqueous >
< vitreous >
< aqueous >
< vitreous >
-eous 1
Suffix
- Used with nouns to form adjectives with the sense of resembling to or having the characteristics of the suffixed term; similar to -ous.
- righteous, mighteous, thefteous, lighteous, misteous, timeous, wrongeous
Etymology
From earlier -uous, alteration of -wose, -wos, a variant of -wise, from Middle English -wise, -wis, -wys, from Old English -wīs (“-wise”). More at -wise.
-eous 2
Suffix
- Used to form adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term.
Etymology
Chiefly from -ous with preceding vowel (compare -ious); compare also Latin -eus; but also by concatenation with English -te (an earlier form of -ty).
Related terms
Derived terms
后缀:-eous [形容词后缀]
表示有...性质的,关于...的,如...的,具有...的,与-ous同
righteous 正直的
beauteous 美丽的
gaseous 气体的,气态的
carneous 肉色的
duteous 忠实的
courteous 有礼貌的
erroneous 错误的
aqueous 水的,水成的
词根词缀:-eous
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; composed of, of the nature of, like
【同源单词】aculeous, albugineous, aqueous, arboreous, chylaqueous, cochleous