suffix · femininefirst declension
-tūra
-tūra f (genitive -tūrae)
Classical[ˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈtuː.ra]
Meaning
- morphemeUsed to form action nouns expressing concrete results as well as activities: -ing, -ure, -work
pingō, pingere, pīnxī, pī̆ctum (“to paint”) + -tūra → pictūra (“painting, picture”)
scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptum (“to write”) + -tūra → scrīptūra (“a writing, act of writing”)
Origins
Somewhat uncertain, but appears to be from Proto-Indo-European *-tew- + *-r-eh₂. Note however that some cases are built on agentives in -tōr: e.g. cēnsūra, gladiātūra. The relationship to the future active participle ending -tūrus, also of uncertain origin, is disputed: Miller 2006 considers the ending of the participle to descend from a lost infinitive *esom, whereas Fortson 2007 rejects that hypothesis and derives the participle ending from *-rós. In any case, substantivizations like futūrus may have reinforced the use of -tūra.
Descendants
- Catalan-dura
- Catalan-ura
- French-ure
- English-urefrom French -ure
- English-turefrom French -ure
- French-ture
- Italian-tura
- Romanian-tură
- Spanish-dura
- Portuguese-dura