-eus etymology

Latin word -eus comes from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (Creates adjectives from noun stems.), Proto-Indo-European *-e-

Detailed word origin of -eus

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*-yós Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Creates adjectives from noun stems.
*-e- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
-eus Latin (lat) (with materials) Used to form adjectives from nouns, to indicate the source of an attribute.

Words with the same origin as -eus

Descendants of *-yós
eloquentia iudicium officio officium prudentia regia regio sapientia
Descendants of *-e-
-aneus argillaceus conforaneus contemporaneus cylindraceus extraneus fabaceus focaceus furnaceus gallinaceus harenaceus holeraceus hordeaceus miliaceus rosaceus sebaceus spontaneus subcutaneus subitaneus subterraneus temporaneus tiliaceus tofaceus vinaceus