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-ico

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin.

Suffix

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-ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

  1. -ic; forms adjectives from nouns

Derived terms

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Galician terms suffixed with -ico

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English -ic, French -ique, Italian -ico, Portuguese -ico, Spanish -ico, Russian -ик (-ik) all ultimately from Latin -icum, from -icus.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ico

  1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a person occupied with a science or study; -ic, -ician, -ian
    ‎historia (“history”) + ‎-ico → ‎historico (“historian”)
    ‎theoria (“theory”) + ‎-ico → ‎theorico (“theoretician”)

Usage notes

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  • The stressed syllable in words formed with -ico is the antepenult, i.e. the syllable prior to the suffix.
  • A corresponding nominal suffix denoting a particular science or study is -ica while the corresponding adjectival suffix is -ic.

Derived terms

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Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ico not found

References

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin -icus.

Suffix

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-ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -ici, feminine plural -iche)

  1. -ic

Derived terms

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Italian terms suffixed with -ico

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From -ō suffixed to words with stems ending in -ic (including -icus), which was reinterpreted as part of the suffix.

    Suffix

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    -icō (present infinitive -icāre, perfect active -icāvī, supine -icātum); first conjugation

    1. forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes with frequentative meaning
      fodiō + -icō → fodicō
      albus + -icō → albicō
    Conjugation
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       Conjugation of -icō (first conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present -icō -icās -icat -icāmus -icātis -icant
    imperfect -icābam -icābās -icābat -icābāmus -icābātis -icābant
    future -icābō -icābis -icābit -icābimus -icābitis -icābunt
    perfect -icāvī -icāvistī -icāvit -icāvimus -icāvistis -icāvērunt,
    -icāvēre
    pluperfect -icāveram -icāverās -icāverat -icāverāmus -icāverātis -icāverant
    future perfect -icāverō -icāveris -icāverit -icāverimus -icāveritis -icāverint
    sigmatic future1 -icāssō -icāssis -icāssit -icāssimus -icāssitis -icāssint
    passive present -icor -icāris,
    -icāre     		-icātur -icāmur -icāminī -icantur
    imperfect -icābar -icābāris,
    -icābāre     		-icābātur -icābāmur -icābāminī -icābantur
    future -icābor -icāberis,
    -icābere     		-icābitur -icābimur -icābiminī -icābuntur
    perfect -icātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect -icātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect -icātus + future active indicative of sum
    sigmatic future1 -icāssor -icāsseris -icāssitur — — —
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present -icem -icēs -icet -icēmus -icētis -icent
    imperfect -icārem -icārēs -icāret -icārēmus -icārētis -icārent
    perfect -icāverim -icāverīs -icāverit -icāverīmus -icāverītis -icāverint
    pluperfect -icāvissem -icāvissēs -icāvisset -icāvissēmus -icāvissētis -icāvissent
    sigmatic aorist1 -icāssim -icāssīs -icāssīt -icāssīmus -icāssītis -icāssint
    passive present -icer -icēris,
    -icēre     		-icētur -icēmur -icēminī -icentur
    imperfect -icārer -icārēris,
    -icārēre     		-icārētur -icārēmur -icārēminī -icārentur
    perfect -icātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect -icātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — -icā — — -icāte —
    future — -icātō -icātō — -icātōte -icantō
    passive present — -icāre — — -icāminī —
    future — -icātor -icātor — — -icantor
    non-finite forms active passive
    present perfect future present perfect future
    infinitives -icāre -icāvisse -icātūrum esse -icārī,
    -icārier2     		-icātum esse -icātum īrī
    participles -icāns — -icātūrus — -icātus -icandus
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    -icandī -icandō -icandum -icandō -icātum -icātū

    1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.
    2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

    Derived terms
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    Latin terms suffixed with -ico
    Descendants
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    • Catalan: -egar
    • Italian: -icare
    • Sicilian: -icari

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Suffix

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    -icō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -icus

    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Italic *-kos
      Latin -cus
      Portuguese -ico

      Learned borrowing from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin, from Proto-Indo-European *-ikos, *-iḱos.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /i.ku/

      Suffix

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      -ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

      1. -ic; -ical (of or relating to [the suffixed noun])
      Derived terms
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      Portuguese terms suffixed with -ico

      Etymology 2

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      Pronunciation

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      Suffix

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      -ico m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icos, feminine -ica, feminine plural -icas)

      1. irregular diminutive suffix, often forming new senses rather than semantic diminutives
        ‎burro (“donkey”) + ‎-ico → ‎burrico (“small donkey”)
        ‎verão (“summer”) + ‎-ico → ‎veranico (“Indian summer”)

      Spanish

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      Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.

      Suffix

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      -ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

      1. forms adjectives from nouns; -ic
        ‎fotografía (“photograph”) + ‎-ico → ‎fotográfico (“photographic”)
      Usage notes
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      • The stress will fall on the syllable before the suffix (e.g. cuántico, with emphasis on /a/). Contrast Etymology 2, with stress on the suffix.

      Etymology 2

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      Related to Ladino -iko, which serves as the equivalent of -ito.

      Suffix

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      -ico m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icos)

      1. (Murcia, Granada, Navarre, Aragon, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica) diminutive suffix, pejorative in certain regions; forms nouns from nouns; replaces standard Spanish suffix -ito (in Cuba/Colombia/Venezuela/Costa Rica, it is only used with words that end in /t/, e.g. gato > gatico; but perro > perrito.
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      • The stress falls on the first syllable of the suffix (e.g. marica, with emphasis on /i/). Contrast Etymology 1, with stress on the syllable preceding the suffix.

      Derived terms

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      Spanish terms suffixed with -ico

      Further reading

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