-ish

Senso (English)

  1. Typical of, similar to, being like.
  2. Somewhat, rather.
  3. About, approximately.
  4. Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɪʃ/
Etimologia (English)

In summary

From Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -isch); Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish -isk or -sk; Lithuanian -iškas; Russian -ский (-skij); and the Ancient Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος (-ískos). Doublet of -esque and -ski.

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