noun, feminine/de.zi.nɑ̃ːs/plural: désinences
ending, desinence, inflectional suffix
Related: désinentiel
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Latin sinō Latin dēsinōder. Latin dēsinens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēsinentiabor. French désinence Borrowed from Latin dēsinentia f, present participle of dē