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Appendix:Variations of "eu"
Middle Welsh
Etymology
From wlm owl -ou, from wlm cel-bry-pro *-ow, cel-bry-pro *-owes, from wlm cel-pro *-ewes u-stem nominative plural.331 Cognate with kw -ow and br -où.
Suffix
wlm suffix inflectional suffixes
plural suffix, -s
Descendants
cy -au
References
Norman
Suffix
nrf suffix
nrf -eux
Derived terms
nrf
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From pt la -eus. Cognate with es -eo, en -eous.
Suffix
+
a suffix for people used for some nationalities, philosophical visions, etc., e.g. pt ateu atheist, pt egeu Aegean, pt europeu European, pt judeu Jewish
Usage notes
The feminine equivalent is normally pt -eia, but occasionally is pt -ia (notably in pt judeu Jewish/pt judia, pt sandeu daft, silly/pt sandia).
Related terms
pt -euta
Etymology 2
Noun
m
a noun-forming suffix of low productivity, corresponding especially to English learned words in en -ee: pt apogeu apogee, pt espondeu spondee, pt jubileu jubilee
Derived terms
pt
Further reading