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Webster 1913 Edition
-some
-some
(-sōm)
. A combining form or suffix from Gr.
σῶμα
(gen. σώματος
) the body; as in mero
some
, a body segment; cephalosome
, etc.-some
(-sŭm)
. [AS. , and cf. ]
-sum
; akin to G. & OHG. -sam
, Icel. samr
, Goth. lustusams
longed for. See Same
, Adj.
Some
, Adj.
An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
Definition 2024
-some
-some
See also: some
English
Suffix
-some
- characterized by some specific condition or quality
- Example: troublesome
Derived terms
terms derived using -some (quality, condition)
Etymology 2
Middle English from a specialized note 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").
Suffix
-some
- Used to form a word indicating a group with a certain small number of members
Derived terms
terms derived using -some (group)
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Suffix
-some
- a body
Derived terms
terms derived using -some (body)
Related terms
See also
Etymology 4
From previous sense “body” (from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”)), by analogy with chromosome.
Suffix
-some