-isco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-isco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -isca, masculine plural -iscos, feminine plural -iscas)
-isco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -iscos, feminine -isca, feminine plural -iscas)
Usage notes edit
- No longer productive. Was appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions.
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
A form of the infix -isc-, from Latin -ēscō. Cognates include Romanian -esc, Spanish -ezco.
Suffix edit
-isco (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the first-person singular present of most regular -ire verbs
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Suffix edit
-īscō (present infinitive -īscere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation
- Alternative form of -escō
Etymology 2 edit
Suffix edit
-iscō
Spanish edit
Suffix edit
-isco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -isca, masculine plural -iscos, feminine plural -iscas)
- Alternative form of -sco; forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem; sometimes pejorative
Suffix edit
-isco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -iscos)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-isco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014