-igia
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French -ise, from Old French -ise, from Latin -itia. Cognate with -ezza and -izia.
Suffix edit
-igia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ige)
- -ise (suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- -igia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana