-sco
Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Proto-Italic *-skō
Latin -sco
Inherited from Proto-Italic *-skō, from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti.
Suffix
[edit]-scō (present infinitive -scere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation
- Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to start to (verb), to begin to (verb)".
Conjugation
[edit]This suffix only forms the first principal part; the perfect and supine stems used vary according to the verb (e.g. adolēscō, adoluī, adultum).
Conjugation of -scō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -asco, -esco, -isco, -izco, -usco, -uzco
- -sca, -asca, -esca, -isca, -izca, -usca, -uzca (for the noun)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus.
Suffix
[edit]-sco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -sca, masculine plural -scos, feminine plural -scas)
- forms adjectives that signify relation to the word stem; sometimes pejorative
- príncipe (“prince”) + -sco → principesco (“related to princes”)
Suffix
[edit]-sco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -scos)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-sco”, 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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