It is etymologically rooted in "gene" and "ous." "Gene" refers to the most basic unit of life, and "ous" comes from the Greek, meaning abundant, or full of. "-geneous," then, means "full of life."
it is a suffix
A suffix is an ending. The suffixes "an" and "ian" mean of, or belonging to. An example of a suffix meaning belong to is Italian, meaning belonging to Italy.
The meaning of the greek suffix -onym is "word or name".
cautious; ambitious
It is not a suffix in that word.
Words ending in tious:ambitiouscontentiousfacetiousfactiousfictitiousflirtatiousfractiouspretentiousscrumptioussuperstitious
The suffix meaning "stone" is "-ite."
The suffix meaning "to droop" is "-ly".
ANSWERambitiousANSWERWords that end with the suffix tious:* abstentious* adscititious* adventitious* bumptious* captious* cautious* cementitious* compunctious* conscientious* contentious* contradictious* disputatious* dissentious* excrementitious* expeditious* facetious* factious* factitious* fictitious* flagitious* flirtatious* fractious* hypercautious* incautious* infectious* licentious* noninfectious* nonnutritious* nutritious* ostentatious* overambitious* overcautious* overconscientious* pretentious* propitious* rambunctious* repetitious* robustious* ructious* rumbustious* scrumptious* seditious* sententious* subreptitious* superambitious* supercautious* superstitious* suppositious* supposititious* surreptitious* tendentious* tortious* ultracautious* unambitious* uncontentious* unostentatious* unpretentious* unpropitious* vexatious
it is a suffix
The suffix meaning "hearing" is -acusis.
Examples of words ending with 'tious' are:ambitiouscautiousconscientiouscontentiousdissentiousexpeditiousfacetiousfictitiousflirtatiousinfectiousnutritiousostentatiouspretentiousrambunctiousrepetitiousscrumptiousseditioussurreptitiousvexatious
A suffix is added to the end of a word. There is not a suffix that means the word dog. Suffixes do not have meaning, they change the meaning of a word.
A suffix is an ending. The suffixes "an" and "ian" mean of, or belonging to. An example of a suffix meaning belong to is Italian, meaning belonging to Italy.
The suffix is -er, meaning "one who campaigns."
The meaning of the greek suffix -onym is "word or name".
what's the meaning of suffix er? one that has/owns