-issō

Meaning

1. morphemeUsed to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), possibly via a variant -ίσσω (-íssō) that existed in the dialect of Tarentum in Southern Italy (as in σαλπίσσω (salpíssō), λακτίσσω (laktíssō)). The same Greek suffix was later borrowed as -izō.