-atico

-ático ático atiço Italian Etymology Most likely it la -āticus 1. it -aggio, from Old Occitan or Old French. 2 Etymological notes This suffix was traditionally seen as a borrowing from Latin, as it was believed that la -āticus would be expected to develop into it *-acco via syncope of the post-tonic vowel (such as in it freddo < la frigidus); furthermore, most words formed with this suffix are learned terms, such as it problematico (← la-lat problēmaticus). However, the claim that it *-acco is the regular reflex of la -āticus is unwarranted; Fleischman (citing E. L. Dawson) notes that "a thorough examination of Medieval Latin and Italian texts has not only failed to produce a single example in it *-acco, but also discovered none showing syncope of the posttonic vowel between a dental and a velar". She also adduces a solid core of non-learned formations using it -atico, such as it lugliatico (< la-med iūliāticus). Pronunciation Suffix used to derive adjectives with a meaning of “of, pertaining to” it iniziare to initiate iniziatico initiatory it magma magmatico magmatic Derived terms it Related terms it -aggio Further reading 1927 From Latin to Italian: An Historical Outline of the Phonology and Morphology of the Italian Language Phonology Charles Grandgent Charles H. Grandgent Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 90 10.4159/harvard.9780674282148. 1976 The Apennine Penninsula and Sardinia Cultural and Linguistic Factors in Word Formation: An Integrated Approach to the Development of the Suffix -age Suzanne Fleischman University of California Publications in Linguistics 86 Berkeley University of California Press 9780520095687 240-241 https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Cultural_and_Linguistic_Factors_in_Word/. Anagrams it aciot ciato otica Latin Pronunciation -āticō Suffix la suffix form -āticō la -āticus dat//abl m//n s