-izo
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō). At first limited to borrowings from Greek, but later became a productive suffix from Late Latin onwards. Also found in the more 'vulgar' form -idiō, which was inherited into Romance.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈiz.zoː/, [ˈɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈid.d͡zo/, [ˈid̪ː͡z̪o]
Suffix
-izō (present infinitive -izāre, perfect active -izāvī, supine -izātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin, New Latin) Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives.
Conjugation
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
Descendants
- → Catalan: -itzar
- → Italian: -izzare
- → Hungarian: -izál
- → Middle French: -iser
- → Occitan: -izar
- → Portuguese: -izar
- → Romanian: -iza
- → Spanish: -izar
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -īcius. Compare Portuguese -iço, Catalan -ís.
Suffix
-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
Further reading
- “-izo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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