-eis

-eis

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

Latin

Suffix

-eīs

1. dative masculine plural of -eus
2. dative feminine plural of -eus
3. dative neuter plural of -eus
4. ablative masculine plural of -eus
5. ablative neuter plural of -eus
6. ablative feminine plural of -eus

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Middle English

Suffix

-eis

1. Alternative form of -esse

References

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• -ois

Etymology

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

Suffix

-eis

1. used to form nationalities
2. used to form names of languages

   engleis, franceis, fraunceis

Descendants

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