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1| a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives: quarrelsome; burdensome. |
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2| a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome. |
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| -some 1 suff. Characterized by a specified quality, condition, or action: bothersome. [Middle English -som, from Old English -sum, -like; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| -some 2 suff. A group of a specified number of members: threesome. [Middle English -sum, from Old English sum, some; see some.] |
| -some 3 suff.
[From Greek sōma, body; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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-some\ (-s[=o]m). A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.-some
-some\ (-s[u^]m). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam, Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See Same, a., and cf. Some, a.] An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
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Language Translation for : -some
Spanish:
algún, algo, cierto, unos, algunos, ciertos,
German:
etwas,
Japanese:
いくらかの
-some
as a suffix forming adjectives, it represents O.E. -sum (see some; cf. O.Fris. -sum, Ger. -sam, O.N. -samr), related to sama "same." As a suffix added to numerals meaning "a group of that number" (cf. twosome) it represents O.E. sum "some," used after the genitive plural (cf. sixa sum "six-some"), the inflection disappearing in M.E. Use of some with a number meaning "approximately" also was in O.E.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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-some suff.
- Body: centrosome.
- Chromosome: autosome.
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