Morpheme
-s-
Type
interfix
Denotation
Germanic genitive interfix
Etymology
(1) Modern English ‘s; Middle English -s, -es; Old English -es; (2) German -s-
Evidence
afterguardsman, aircraftsman, aircraftswoman, bailsman, Bakersfield, Bakersville, beeswax, bishopsweed, bondsman, bullseye, catstail, catswort, clansfolk, Clydesdale, codswallop, craftsperson, doomsday, Dyersburg, Edmundston, estatesman, farthingsworth, fingersbreadth, frontierswoman, Greensboro, Grimsby, groomsman, guardsman, handicraftsman, Hartsville, hogshead, houndstooth, huntsman, Huntsville, Idiotsville, jobsworth, Johnston, Kingsburg, Kingsbury, kingsman, Kingston, kinsfolk, kinsperson, lambsfoot, leopardsbane, marksman, monkshood, Noblesville, oarsman, outfieldsman, Patricksburg, Pittsburgh, privateersman, Queensferry, Queensland, Queenstown, raftsman, Reichsmark, rodsman, roundsperson, sheepshead, shillingsworth, splitsville, spokesperson, statesman, stateswoman, thumbsbreadth, townsfolk, tradesperson, Twosday, wardsman, wolfsbane, womenswear, yearsman, yearsworth, Youngstown, zerosville
