-olussuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. alveolus n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -olus.

Etymology: < classical Latin -olus (in e.g. alveolus alveolus n., malleolus malleolus n.), masculine singular, older form of -ulus -ulus suffix, retained especially after -e- or -i- . Compare -ola suffix¹, -olum suffix.Occurring in nouns borrowed from Old English onwards from classical Latin and post-classical Latin, e.g. gladiolus n., sciolus n., or formed in scientific Latin, e.g. faveolus n.

(Not productive in English.) Occurring as a diminutive suffix in nouns.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	-olus
释义	-olussuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. alveolus n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -olus. Etymology: < classical Latin -olus (in e.g. alveolus alveolus n., malleolus malleolus n.), masculine singular, older form of -ulus -ulus suffix, retained especially after -e- or -i- . Compare -ola suffix¹, -olum suffix.Occurring in nouns borrowed from Old English onwards from classical Latin and post-classical Latin, e.g. gladiolus n., sciolus n., or formed in scientific Latin, e.g. faveolus n. (Not productive in English.) Occurring as a diminutive suffix in nouns. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < suffix
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