-izo

izo Izo izó Latin Alternative forms la -idiō non-standard spelling; 2nd c. CE onwards Etymology la verbal :bor grc:-ῐ́ζω<id:verbal> la grc -ίζω. At first limited to borrowings from Greek but later become a productive suffix of its own. The same Greek suffix was earlier borrowed as la -issō 1. Pronunciation izō Suffix 1+ -izō Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives. Conjugation 1+ -izō Derived terms la Descendants Balkan Romance: rup -edzu -eadzã ro -ez -ează Italo-Romance: co -eghj- it -eggiare nap -iare scn -ijari Gallo-Romance: ca -ejar frp -eyér fro -oiier 1 oc -ejar Ibero-Romance: roa-ole -iar ast -iar -eyar -exar mwl -iar -ejar -ijar roa-opt -ejar gl -ear -exar pt -ear -ejar es -ear Borrowings: ast -izar 1 ca -itzar 1 it -izzare 1 hu -izál 1 frm -iser 1 fr -iser 1 sv -isera nl -iseren 1 en -ize -ise 1 de -isieren 1 rm -iza 1 oc -izar 1 pt -izar 1 ro -iza 1 scn -izzari 1 es -izar 1 References Meul, Claire. 2013. The fate of the -ID(I)- morpheme in the Central Dolomitic Ladin varieties of northern Italy: Variable conditioning of a morphological mechanism. In Cruschina, Silvio & Maiden, Martin & Smith, John Charles (eds.), The boundaries of pure morphology: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives, 68–95. Oxford University Press. Spanish Etymology es :inh la:-īcius<id:long> + 1 Compare pt -iço, ca -ís. Pronunciation Suffix forms adjectives from other adjectives, nouns, and verbs usually denoting propensity or likeness es enfermo sick enfermizo sickly es rojo red rojizo reddish es cobre copper cobrizo copper (colored) Derived terms es Further reading