-iss-

See also: iss, ISS, íss, īss, İSS, and -iss

French

Etymology

From the Latin inchoative infix -sc-, from -ēscō, but now extended to many non-inchoative verbs as well. Cognates include Italian -isc-, Portuguese -ec-, -esc- and -esç-, and Romanian -esc- and -ăsc-.

Infix

-iss-

1. An infix found in most parts of the conjugation of regular -ir verbs.

Related terms

• -is, -it

Old French

Etymology

From Latin -sc-, from the -ēscō conjugation, originally with inchoative meaning; evolved early on into a verb extension with little apparent semantic meaning.

Infix

-iss-

1. An inchoative infix appearing on many verbs, and integrated into the conjugation of some -ir- verbs.