-eis

See also: eis, Eis, EIS, eís, éis, -éis, and Appendix:Variations of "eis"

Latin

Suffix

-eīs

  1. dative masculine plural of -eus
  2. dative feminine plural of -eus
  3. dative neuter plural of -eus
  4. ablative masculine plural of -eus
  5. ablative neuter plural of -eus
  6. ablative feminine plural of -eus

Middle English

Suffix

-eis

  1. Alternative form of -esse

References


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus and in some cases Latin -ēnsis.

Suffix

-eis

  1. used to form nationalities
  2. used to form names of languages
    engleis, franceis, fraunceis

Descendants

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