-us

Morpheme

-us

Type

suffix

Denotation

Latin singular noun suffix (plural -i, -a)

Etymology

Latin -us

Evidence

abigeus, alumnus, cactus, circus, corpus, cumulus, fetus, flatus, focus, fungus, glomus, Janus, nimbus, nucleus, obolus, palus, pectus, radius, stimulus, stratus

Doublet

Us, Us, -us

See Also

-i, -a, -ora

Homographs

Us