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-some

1
a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives: quarrelsome; burdensome.

Origin:
ME; OE -sum; akin to Goth -sama, G -sam; see same

-some

2
a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome.

Origin:
ME -sum, OE sum; special use of some (pronoun)

-some

3
a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words: chromosome.
Also, -soma.


Origin:
< Gk sôma body; see soma 1
-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.  
  1. Body: centrosome.
  2. Chromosome: monosome.

[From Greek sōma, body; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

-some

-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.
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.

-some suff.

  1. Body: centrosome.
  2. Chromosome: autosome.

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