-sis
a suffix appearing in loanwords from greek, where it was used to form from verbs abstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc.:
thesis; aphesis.
-sis
suffix in gk. nouns denoting action, process, state, condition, from gk. -sis, which is identical in meaning with l. -entia, eng. -ing.
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- -sk
-sk reflexive suffix in words of dan. origin (e.g. bask, lit. “to bathe oneself”), contracted from o.n. sik, reflexive pr-noun corresponding to goth. sik, o.h.g. sih, ger. sich “himself, herself, itself,” from pie base -se- (cf. l. se “himself”).
- -smith
-smith combining word a person who makes or skillfully uses what is indicated; artist: jokesmith/ tunesmith/ wordsmith/ wafflesmith (1813+)
- -sol
a combining form meaning “soil” of the kind specified by the initial element: spodosol.
- -soma
a variant of -some3 , used especially in the formation of names of zoological genera: schistosoma.
- -some
a native english suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives: quarrelsome; burdensome. -some2 a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome. origin -some3 a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words: chromosome. also, -soma. origin -some1 suffix characterized by; tending to awesome, tiresome word origin old english -sum; related to […]