-ese
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-ese
- /ˈiːz/ UK
- /ˈiz/ US
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
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Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
From Middle English -eys, from Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis and, less often, Late Latin -iscus. Generally used in place of more common equivalent suffixes such as -er and -an on the model of equivalent terms in Italian and Portuguese, particularly for Italian, Portuguese African, and East Asian places first widely discussed in Portuguese and Latin.
suffix
- Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people. Faroese, Maltese, Milanese, Parmese, Portuguese, Viennese; Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; Beninese, Congolese, Togolese
- Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context. journal + -ese → journalese
