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-ensis
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a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to,” “originating in,” used in modern Latin scientific coinages, especially derivatives of placenames:
canadensis; carolinensis.
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Origin of
-ensis
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Latin
-ēnsis;
cf.
-ese
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