-some
/səm/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 6.20 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
suffix
Characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.
suffix
Used to form adverbs from adjectives.
suffix
Body.
suffix
suffix
Plus some indeterminate fraction not amounting to the next higher round number or significant digit; and change; -odd.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "I'll try and do it real quietsome."
- "twenty-some identifiable factors affecting the outcome"
- "one-hundred-and-fifty-some spectators in the bleachers"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some From Middle English -som, -sum, from Old English -sum (“same as; -some”), from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, 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, some.