-dumbre
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish -dumne, from Vulgar Latin *-tūm(i)nem, from Latin -tūdinem (apparently via dissimilation/assimilation). Doublet of -itúdine and -itud.
Found in both words inherited from Latin (certidumbre, dulcedumbre, mansedumbre, muchedumbre, servidumbre, soledumbre) and words formed within Spanish (pesadumbre, podredumbre).
Suffix
[edit]-dumbre f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dumbres)
- (no longer productive) forms nouns from adjectives: -itude, -ness
- pesar (“to weigh”) + -dumbre → pesadumbre (“sorrow”)
- podrido (“rotten”) + -dumbre → podredumbre (“rottenness”)
Derived terms
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish noun-forming suffixes
- Spanish countable suffixes
- Spanish feminine suffixes