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-ensis

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  1. a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to,” “originating in,” used in modern Latin scientific coinages, especially derivatives of placenames.

    canadensis; carolinensis.

Etymology

Origin of -ensis

< Latin -ēnsis; cf. -ese

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