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-tious的词源解释,-tious来源

-tious

syllable occurring in many adjectives of Latin origin, formed when the word-forming element -ous (from Latin -osus) is fixed to a base or to another suffix ending in -t or -te.

In Middle English often -ci-, as in Old French -cios, -cieux, Latin -cius (alongside -tius). It often was classically corrected in the modern languages (-tieux).