-acious

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks
Proto-Italic *-āks
Latin -āx
Latin -i-
Latin -tās
Latin -ācitāsder.
Old French -acieuxder.
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Latin -ācitāsder.
Middle French -acitéder.
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Latin -āx
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
Proto-Italic *-ejos
Proto-Italic *-eos
Latin -eus
Latin -āceus
Latin -ācea
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.
Latin -itās
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English -acity
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?
Old Latin -ōssus
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English -acious

    From (1) -aci(ty) +‎ -ous and (2) from Old French -acieux, both ultimately from Latin -ācitās.

    Suffix

    -acious

    1. Used to form adjectives from nouns and verb stems.
      audacity → audacious
      sage → sagacious
      fallacy → fallacious

    Derived terms

    English terms suffixed with -acious
    bibacious
    cementacious
    contumacious
    dicacious
    feracious
    fumacious
    furacious
    hellacious
    lamentacious
    linguacious
    loquacious
    marlacious
    minaceous
    pugnacious
    punacious
    quizzacious
    rapacious
    retecious
    sagacious
    salacious
    scribacious
    veracious
    vivacious
    voracious

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