-isco

See also: ISCO, isco, and 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)

  1. -ish

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)

  1. used with a stem to form the first-person singular present of most regular -ire verbs

Anagrams

Latin

Suffix

-īscō (present infinitive -īscere, perfect active , supine -um); third conjugation

  1. Alternative form of -escō

Suffix

-iscō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -iscus

Spanish

Suffix

-isco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -isca, masculine plural -iscos, feminine plural -iscas)

  1. Alternative form of -sco; forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem; sometimes pejorative
    mar (sea) + -iscomarisco (seafood)

Suffix

-isco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -iscos)

  1. Alternative form of -sco; forms augmentative nouns
  2. Alternative form of -sco; forms collective nouns

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -isco

Further reading

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