word-forming element, from Old French -eis (Modern French -ois, -ais), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin -ensem, -ensis "belonging to" or "originating in."
escritoire
escrow
escudo
esculent
escutcheon
-ese
esker
Eskimo
Esmerelda
esne
eso-
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