-isco
Galician
Etymology
Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.
Pronunciation
Suffix
- -ish: no longer productive. Was used appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions.
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
A form of the infix -isc-, from Latin -ēscō. Cognates include Romanian -esc, Spanish -ezco.
Suffix
-isco
- Used with a stem to form the first-person singular present of most regular -ire verbs
Related terms
Latin
Etymology 1
Suffix
-īscō (present infinitive -īscere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation
- Alternative form of -escō