-SOME


Meaning of -SOME in English

-some 1

a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives: quarrelsome; burdensome.

[ ME; OE -sum; akin to Goth -sama, G -sam; see SAME ]

-some 2

a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome.

[ ME -sum, OE sum; special use of SOME (pronoun) ]

-some 3

a combining form meaning "body," used in the formation of compound words: chromosome.

Also, -soma .

[ sôma body; see SOMA 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .