suffixfirst conjugation
-izō
-izō (present infinitive -izāre, perfect active -izāvī, supine -izātum)
Classical[ˈɪz.zoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈid.d͡zo]
Meaning
- morphemeUsed to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō). At first limited to borrowings from Greek but later become a productive suffix of its own. The same Greek suffix was earlier borrowed as -issō.
Elsewhere
- Catalan-itzar
- Italian-izzare
- French-iserfrom Middle French -iser
- English-izefrom Middle French -iser
- English-isefrom Middle French -iser
- German-isierenfrom Middle French -iser
- Occitan-izar
- Portuguese-izar
- Romanian-iza
- Spanish-izar
Gallo-Romance
- Catalan-ejar
- French-oyerfrom Old French -oiier
- Occitan-ejar
- Franco-Provençal-eyér
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguese-earfrom Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar
- Portuguese-ejarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar
- Spanish-ear
- Asturian-iarfrom Old Leonese -iar
- Asturian-eyarfrom Old Leonese -iar
- Asturian-exarfrom Old Leonese -iar
- Mirandese-iarfrom Old Leonese -iar
- Mirandese-ejarfrom Old Leonese -iar
- Mirandese-ijarfrom Old Leonese -iar
- Galician-earfrom Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar
Balkan Romance
- Romanian-ez
- Romanian-ează
- Aromanian-edzu
- Aromanian-eadzã
Italo-Romance
- Italian-eggiare
- Corsican-eghj-
- Neapolitan-iare
- Sicilian-ijari