-osus

Meaning

-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns.

Concepts

-ous

Synonyms

-osa

-osum

Translations

-ös

-osa

-haft

-euse

-eux

-osa

-oso

-ós

-osa

-oso

-oso

-ós

Pronounced as (IPA)

[oː.sʊs]

Etymology

Likely reflects a derivation *-h₃d-s-o- from Proto-Indo-European *h₃édos ~ *h₃édesos (“smell”), whence odor. Originally meaning “smelling like”, as evidenced possibly by hircōsus (“smelling like a goat”) and vinōsus (“fond of wine, *reeking of wine?”), it would have later generalised into “full of”. Cognate of Ancient Greek -οῦς (-oûs) Compare related Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “smelling like; full of”) and Old Armenian -ոտ (-ot) which underwent the same semantic change.
Alternatively, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *-wénts has also been proposed, through a form such as *-wont-to- by suffixation of *-tós.