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IOUs
English
Etymology
en :bor la:-ōsus<alt:-iōsus> la:-us<alt:-(i)us><id:second declension> la:-ius<id:suffix forming adjectives> 1
Taken from Latin adjectives ending in la -ōsus -(i)ōsus (en ambitious), la -us -(i)us second declension (en obvious) and la -ius suffix forming adjectives (en nefarious), as well as their Romance descendants. en -i- -ous.
Suffix
adjective-forming suffixes
en -ous.
Derived terms
en