-men

Etymology
From men, plural of man.

Suffix

 * horsemen, sportsmen; lawmen, newsmen; freemen, icemen, supermen; Scotsmen, Chinamen
 * horsemen, sportsmen; lawmen, newsmen; freemen, icemen, supermen; Scotsmen, Chinamen

Suffix

 * 1) sense, capacity

Etymology
From, from.

Usage notes
Nouns ending in the suffix -men are often derived from verbs. Derivatives of first-conjugation verbs end in -āmen and derivatives of fourth-conjugation verbs end in -īmen (examples: from, the present stem of ;  from , the present stem of ). Derivatives of second- and third-conjugation verbs show more complicated formations depending on the stem involved. Derivatives of nouns or adjectives show some variation: some end in -āmen (such as, , from , , ) while others end in -ūmen (such as ,  from , ). Compare the related suffix ; for some nouns ending in -men, there is a corresponding noun ending in -mentum with a similar meaning, such as and.

Suffix

 * 1) Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns
 * 2) Indefinite suffix for animate nouns

Derived terms
See: Category:Mokilese terms suffixed with -men

Etymology
From.

Suffix

 * 1)  -wise, -ly

Etymology
Originally from, , as in. In some Ottoman coinages it conflated with. is found mainly in, and was likely influenced by and.

Suffix

 * 1)   -er, -ant