-yf
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus.
Alternative forms
editSuffix
edit-yf
- A suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and nouns.
Derived terms
editAdjectives and adverbs formed with -yf
Nouns formed with -yf
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “-i(e, suf.(5).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
Etymology 2
editSuffix
edit-yf
- Alternative form of -y
Etymology 3
editSuffix
edit-yf
- Alternative form of -ie