-eis

See also: eis, Eis, EIS, eís, éis, -éis, and Appendix:Variations of "eis"

Latin

Suffix

-eīs

dative masculine plural of -eus
dative feminine plural of -eus
dative neuter plural of -eus
ablative masculine plural of -eus
ablative neuter plural of -eus
ablative feminine plural of -eus

Middle English

Suffix

-eis

Alternative form of -esse

References

“-esse, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018.

Old French

Alternative forms

-ois

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus and in some cases Latin -ēnsis.

Suffix

-eis

used to form nationalities
used to form names of languages
engleis, franceis, fraunceis

Descendants

English: -ese
French: -ais, -ois
Norman: -ais, -ouais

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