Etymology

-ose

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Latin -ōsus
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-ose · suffix1

  1. Latin · borrowed from-ōsus
  2. English today-ose

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position. Often associated or conflated with the unrelated suffix -osis by folk etymology (e.g. prionose : prionosis; prionose : prionosis).

-ose · suffix2

  1. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  2. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  3. Frenchglucose
  4. Englishglucosebf.
  5. English today-ose

Back-formation from glucose. Compare French -ose.

-ose · suffix3

  1. French · derived from-ose
  2. Latin · derived from-ōsis
  3. English today-ose

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. ) From a combination of sources, mainly nouns ending in -osis (or in origin from Latin -ōsis, French -ose), by processes of back-formation and analogy; possibly influenced adjectives ending in the unrelated -ose (Latin -ōsus) with an implicit function “to become [adjective]” (compare anastomose (verb) : anastomose (adjective)).

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