Etymology

-os

Today it means: Used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in -a or -ah. Full definition →

Hebrew ־וֹת ← Yiddish ־ות
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The story

  1. Yiddish · derived from־ות
  2. Hebrew · derived from־וֹת“-ót”
  3. English today-os

From the traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew ־וֹת (“-ót”), and its descendant, Yiddish ־ות (-es).

Words from the same roots

Hebrew־וֹת all →

-oth

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.