-isco
Galician
Etymology
Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈisko̝/
Suffix
-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
- No longer productive. Was appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions.
Derived terms
- alemanisco
- francisco
- greguisco
- mourisco
- tartarisco
- torquisco
Italian
Etymology
A form of the infix -isc-, from Latin -ēscō. Cognates include Romanian -esc, Spanish -ezco.
Suffix
-isco (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the first-person singular present of most regular -ire verbs
Latin
Spanish
Suffix
-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
-isco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -iscos)
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -isco
Further reading
- “-isco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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