LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix

-bō

-bō

Meaning

  1. morphemeused to form the future indicative of most Latin verbs from the 1st and 2nd conjugations
    amō (“to love”) + -bō → amābō (“I will love”)

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare fīō (“to become”).

Quick answers

What does -bō mean in Latin?
-bō, a suffix, means “used to form the future indicative of most Latin verbs from the 1st and 2nd conjugations”.