-e in Old French

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Etymology: Inherited from Latin -am, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fro|la|-a|-am||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -am, {{inh+|fro|la|-a|-am}} Inherited from Latin -am, {{inh|fro|ine-pro|*-éh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Head templates: {{head|fro|suffix}} -e

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "-e"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "lang_code": "frm",
      "word": "-e"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-a",
        "4": "-am",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -am",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-a",
        "4": "-am"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin -am",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-éh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin -am, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-e",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 48 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form feminine forms of nouns and adjectives"
      ],
      "id": "en--e-fro-suffix-9dAbXAaA",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-e"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 48 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "-e"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "lang_code": "frm",
      "word": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-a",
        "4": "-am",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -am",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-a",
        "4": "-am"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin -am",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-éh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin -am, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-e",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French suffixes",
        "Old French terms derived from Latin",
        "Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
        "Old French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 48 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form feminine forms of nouns and adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-e"
}

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"-e" meaning in Old French

Suffix