-isco

See also: isco and isco-

Galician

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisko̝/

Suffix

1. -ish: no longer productive. Was used appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions.

Derived terms

• alemanisco
• francisco
• greguisco
• mourisco
• tartarisco
• torquisco

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Italian

Etymology

A form of the infix -isc-, from Latin -ēscō. Cognates include Romanian -esc, Spanish -ezco.

Suffix

-isco

1. Used with a stem to form the first-person singular present of most regular -ire verbs

Related terms

• -isci
• -isce

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Latin

Etymology 1

Suffix

-īscō (present infinitive -īscere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation

1. Alternative form of -escō

Etymology 2

Suffix

1. dative masculine singular of -iscus
2. ablative masculine singular of -iscus
3. dative neuter singular of -iscus
4. ablative neuter singular of -iscus