<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution paralleling that of Latin</li><li>the form originated as a suffix added to a-stem verbs to form adjectives</li><li>the resulting form could also be used independently as a noun</li><li>came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed</li><li>in English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin</li></ul>