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-some

suffix
/səm//soʊm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”). Akin to Saterland Frisian -soam (“-some”), West Frisian -sum (“-some”), Dutch -zaam (“-some”), German Low German -saam (“-some”), German -sam (“-some”), Danish -som, Swedish -sam, Icelandic -samur (“-some”), Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama). Cognate with Albanian -shëm (“-some”). More at same, some.

  1. derived from *samaz✻ — “same”
  2. inherited from *-samaz✻
  3. inherited from *-sam✻
  4. inherited from -sum — “same as; -some”
  5. inherited from -som

Definitions

  1. Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.

  2. Denoting a group with a certain number of members.

  3. Body.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Chromosome.

    2. Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or…

      Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd.

      • twenty-some identifiable factors affecting the outcome
      • one-hundred-and-fifty-some spectators in the bleachers

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -some. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA