-ωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally the ending -σις (-sis) when suffixed to verbs ending in -όω (-óō) or occasionally verbs whose root ends in ω, but later reinterpreted as a suffix in its own right.

Suffix

-ωσις • (-ōsis)

1. indicating a transformative action

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ωσις

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: -osi
• → Dutch: -ose
• → English: -osis
• → Esperanto: -ozo
• → French: -ose
• → German: -ose
• → Interlingua: -osis
• → Irish: -óis
• → Italian: -osi
• → Latin: -ōsis
• → Polish: -oza
• → Portuguese: -ose
• → Russian: -оз (-oz)
• → Spanish: -osis
• → Ukrainian: -оз (-oz)