-izo
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -idiō (non-standard spelling; 2nd c. CE onwards)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō). At first limited to borrowings from Greek but later become a productive suffix of its own. Doublet of -issō, which is found in an older layer of borrowings.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈiz.zoː/, [ˈɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈid.d͡zo/, [ˈid̪ː͡z̪o]
Suffix
[edit]-izō (present infinitive -izāre, perfect active -izāvī, supine -izātum); first conjugation
- Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of -izō (first conjugation)
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
Borrowings:
References
[edit]- Meul, Claire. 2013. The fate of the -ID(I)- morpheme in the Central Dolomitic Ladin varieties of northern Italy: Variable conditioning of a morphological mechanism. In Cruschina, Silvio & Maiden, Martin & Smith, John Charles (eds.), The boundaries of pure morphology: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives, 68–95. Oxford University Press.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin -īcius. Compare Portuguese -iço, Catalan -ís.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈiθo/ [ˈi.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈiso/ [ˈi.so]
- Rhymes: -iθo
- Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: -i‧zo
Suffix
[edit]-izo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iza, masculine plural -izos, feminine plural -izas)
- forms adjectives from other adjectives, nouns, and verbs usually denoting propensity or likeness
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-izo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iθo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iθo/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iso
- Rhymes:Spanish/iso/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish adjective-forming suffixes