-ilo
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *-dlo and Proto-Germanic *-ilaz. Compare Russian -ло (-lo) and Polish -dło, English, Dutch, and German -el, as well as Old Norse -ill.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ilo
- an instrument, a tool for performing the action of the root
Derived termsEdit
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Back-formation from utensilo (“utensil, tool, instrument”).[1]
SuffixEdit
-ilo
- A suffix used with a verbal root to denote an instrument, tool, or means of performing an action.
- fotografar (“to photograph”) + -ilo → fotografilo (“camera”)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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SuffixEdit
-ilo (Cyrillic spelling -ило)
- Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting senses or objects, used as a pejorative or as an abstract noun.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of -ilo
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) through French -yle, like English -yl.
SuffixEdit
-ilo m (plural -ilos)
Further readingEdit
- “-ilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014