Etymology

-ise

Today it means: Suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function. Full definition →

Middle English -isen ← Middle French -iser ← Late Latin -izāre
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-ise · suffix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-idyé-
  2. Ancient Greek · derived from-ίζω
  3. Late Latin · derived from-izāre
  4. Middle French · derived from-iser
  5. Middle English · inherited from-isen
  6. English today-ise

From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix).

-ise · suffix2

  1. Latin · derived from-itia
  2. Old French · derived from-ise
  3. Middle English · inherited from-ise
  4. English today-ise

From Middle English -ise, from Old French -ise, from Latin -itia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.