English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English -some, -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”). Akin to Saterland Frisian -soam (“-some”), West Frisian -sum (“-some”), Dutch -zaam (“-some”), German Low German -saam (“-some”), German -sam (“-some”), Danish -som, Swedish -sam, Icelandic -samur (“-some”), Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama). Cognate with Albanian -shëm (“-some”). More at same.

Suffix[edit]

-some

1. (forms adjectives from nouns or adjectives) Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.
   • 2012, Tom Sandham, World's Best Cocktails:

     Elsewhere the blingsome silver-beveled mirrors, butterfly and lotus blossom motifs, and the occasional chaise longue make the opulence a touch on the show-off side for me, but the expenses were obviously 5-star and it's undoubtedly bespoke.

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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English -some, from a specialized use 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[edit]

-some

1. (forms nouns from numerals) Denoting a group with a certain small number of members.

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Etymology 3[edit]

From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Suffix[edit]

-some

2. (noun combining form) Body.

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Related terms[edit]

• prosoma
• soma

See also[edit]

• -ome

Etymology 4[edit]

From previous sense “body” (from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”)), by analogy with chromosome.

Suffix[edit]

-some

1. (noun combining form) Chromosome.

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Etymology 5[edit]

From some in its "approximately" sense; more at some § Etymology.

Suffix[edit]

-some

1. Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd.

   twenty-some identifiable factors affecting the outcome

   one-hundred-and-fifty-some spectators in the bleachers

Anagrams[edit]

• 'omes, Meos, OEMs, emos, meso-