-ish

Nghĩa (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).

Synonyms

Y

Y

-like

concerning

hardly

ish

quasi

related to

somewhat

-esque

about

-ic

almost

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ɪʃ/

Từ nguyên (English)

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: -ish

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ: -isċ

Cognate with Tiếng Hà Lan: -s

Cognate with Tiếng Đức: -isch

Cognate with Tiếng Hà Lan: -isch

Cognate with Tiếng Na Uy: -

Cognate with Tiếng Đan Mạch: -

Cognate with Tiếng Thụy Điển: -isk

Cognate with Tiếng Litva: -iškas

Cognate with Tiếng Nga: -ский

Cognate with Tiếng Hy Lạp cổ: -

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: -ishen

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.