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이 접미어가 숫자와 함께 쓰이는 경우에는 거의 ~인, 약 ~, ~시 경 등의 의미로 쓰인다고 합니다.
sevenish - 7시쯤에 라는 뜻~
What's the origin of the neologism "-ish", as in "I'll meet you at sevenish" or "He looked a little sheepish"? I'm curious about its etymology.
Well, first, it's hardly a neologism; the suffix -ish has, in one sense or another, been in English since the beginning. But some of its senses are comparatively new, it is true.
Our -ish is a suffix that forms adjectives from nouns or other adjectives. Some of the senses existed in Old English (then spelled -isc but pronounced the same way), such as 'of, being, or pertaining to', used to form adjectives indicating a national, ethnic, or religious origin (British, Jewish).
sevenish - 7시쯤에 라는 뜻~
What's the origin of the neologism "-ish", as in "I'll meet you at sevenish" or "He looked a little sheepish"? I'm curious about its etymology.
Well, first, it's hardly a neologism; the suffix -ish has, in one sense or another, been in English since the beginning. But some of its senses are comparatively new, it is true.
Our -ish is a suffix that forms adjectives from nouns or other adjectives. Some of the senses existed in Old English (then spelled -isc but pronounced the same way), such as 'of, being, or pertaining to', used to form adjectives indicating a national, ethnic, or religious origin (British, Jewish).
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