suffix — 5 senses
/səm/
Etymology From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”). Akin to Saterland Frisian -soam (“-some”), West Frisian -sum (“-some”), Dutch -zaam (“-some”), German Low German -saam (“-some”), German -sam (“-some”), Danish -som, Swedish -sam, Icelandic -samur (“-some”), Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama). Cognate with Albanian -shëm (“-some”). More at same, some.
Morpheme Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.
Forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives
Etymology From Middle English -som, from a specialized use of Old English sum (“some, one”) coming after a genitive plural (e.g. hē wæs fēowertiga sum --"he was one of forty", literally "he was forties' some[one]"; sixa sum --"one of six, sixsome").
Morpheme, Forms nouns from numerals Denoting a group with a certain number of members.
/soʊm/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
In compounds, Morpheme, Noun Body.
Etymology From previous sense “body” (from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”)), by analogy with chromosome.
In compounds, Morpheme, Noun Chromosome.
Etymology From some in its "approximately" sense; more at some § Etymology.
Morpheme Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd.
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