English Explanatory Dictionary

-some

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.
suffix
  1. Denoting a group with a certain number of members.
suffix
  1. Body.
suffix
  1. Chromosome.
suffix
  1. Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd.

Pronunciation

səm /səm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--some.wav sōm /soʊm/

Word forms

-some more -some most -some -somes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”). Akin to Saterland Frisian -soam (“-some”), West Frisian -sum (“-some”), Dutch -zaam (“-some”), German Low German -saam (“-some”), German -sam (“-some”), Danish -som, Swedish -sam, Icelandic -samur (“-some”), Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama). Cognate with Albanian -shëm (“-some”). More at same, some.

Related words

-less -ful prosoma soma -ome

Derived words

acrosome azotosome centrosome cephalosome chromosome connexosome cytosome endosome eurysome gonosome hydrogenosome leptosome liposome lymphosome lysosome macrosomia melanosome merosome mesosome metasome mitosome mutasome nectosome neurosome niosome nucleosome phagosome rhabdosome spliceosome trypanosome urosome allosome autosome hexasome monosome trisome
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