Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words words ending 'ous'
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
From Etymonline.com:
Quote:wondrous c.1500, from M.E. wonders (adj.), c.1300, originally gen. of wonder (n.), with suffix altered by influence of marvelous, etc.
I wonder who dropped e from wonders in the formation of wondrous. No one person decreed that it be dropped, I suppose. I don't know whether there is a term for adaptation of spelling to habitual pronunciation (someone here might), but I gather that the phenomenon is as old as writing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted words ending 'ous' BranShea 05/05/08 01:56 PM Re: words ending 'ous' The Pook 05/05/08 11:33 PM Re: words ending 'ous' Faldage 05/06/08 12:34 AM Re: words ending 'ous' Jackie 05/06/08 01:42 AM Re: words ending 'ous' zmjezhd 05/06/08 01:53 AM Re: words ending 'ous' Jackie 05/06/08 01:54 AM Re: words ending 'ous' BranShea 05/06/08 02:12 PM Re: words ending 'ous' The Pook 05/07/08 02:14 AM Re: words ending 'ous' Faldage 05/07/08 10:14 AM Re: words ending 'ous' pallasathene 05/20/08 04:24 PM Re: wondrous word ending 'ous' morphememedley 05/21/08 03:25 AM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,360Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 615 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 22ddrinnan 1
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,556tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,919Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org