-ilo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ilo
- an instrument, a tool for performing the action of the root
Derived terms edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from utensilo (“utensil, tool, instrument”).[1]
Suffix edit
-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 terms edit
References edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
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Suffix edit
-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.
Declension edit
Declension of -ilo
See also edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) through French -yle, like English -yl.
Suffix edit
-ilo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ilos)
Further reading edit
- “-ilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014