-os

Morpheme

-os

Type

suffix

Denotation

Ancient Greek masculine/feminine singular noun suffix (plural -oi or -e)

Etymology

Ancient Greek -os

Evidence

askos, Cadmos, chaos, chondrosin, cosmos, demos, drakos, eidos, epanodos, hippos, Kadmos, kerosine, logos, nomos, obolos, onos, opsophagos, parodos, philos, strategos, telos, thymos, uroboros, xiphos

See Also

-oi, -e

Homographs

os-, Os, -os, -os, -os(e) [-ose, -os], -os(e) [-ose, -os]

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