-SOME


Meaning of -SOME in English

I. adjective suffix

Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; akin to Old High German -sam -some, Old English sum some

: characterized by a (specified) thing, quality, state, or action

awe some

burden some

cuddle some

II. noun suffix

Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) -sum, from Middle English sum, pronoun, one, some

: group of (so many) members and especially persons

four some

III. noun combining form

Etymology: New Latin -somat-, -soma, from Greek sōmat-, sōma

1. : body

chromo some

2. : chromosome

mono some

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.