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Etymology 1
From earlier, alteration of , , a variant of , from 🇨🇬, , , from 🇨🇬. More at.

Suffix

 * 1) Used with nouns to form adjectives with the sense of resembling to or having the characteristics of the suffixed term; similar to.
 * righteous, mighteous, thefteous, lighteous, misteous, timeous, wrongeous

Etymology 2
Chiefly from with preceding vowel (compare ); compare also 🇨🇬; but also by concatenation with 🇨🇬 (an earlier form of ).

Suffix

 * 1) Used to form adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term.