-ese

Morpheme

-ese

Type

suffix

Denotation

gentilic adjective and noun suffix denoting “belonging to, originating in”

Etymology

Middle English -eys; Old French -eis; Latin -ensem, -ensis

Evidence

academese, anarchese, Burmese, Chinese, Japanese, journalese, telegraphese, Vietnamese

See Also

-ensis

Homographs

Ese