-en

Morpheme

-en

Type

suffix

Denotation

English plural noun suffix, Germanic plural noun suffix

Etymology

Middle English -en; Old English -an

Evidence

children, daughtren, delicatessen, hosen, oxen

See Also

-s, -es

Homographs

en-, -en, -en, -en, -en, -en, -en, -en

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