-iscus

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Latin word -iscus comes from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos (Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.)

*-iskos (Proto-Indo-European)

Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

*-iskaz (Proto-Germanic)

Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of 'pertaining to, characteristic of'.

-iscus (Latin)

(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Used to form adjectives.

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