-ingo

See also: ingo, Ingo, INGO, and Ingó

Esperanto

Etymology

Uncertain. Both André Cherpillod and Ebbe Vilborg suggest German -ling, by metanalysis of Fingerling ("fingercot").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinɡo/
• Rhymes: -inɡo

Suffix

-ingo

1. A holder or sheath for something.

   ‎kandelo (“candle”) + ‎-ingo → ‎kandelingo (“candlestick”)

Usage notes

For differences between -ujo and -ingo, see usage notes for -ujo.

Derived terms

• elingigi (“to remove from a holder”)
• eningigi (“to insert into a holder”)
• ingi (“to insert into a holder”)
• ingo (“holder, sheath”)
• malingi (“to remove from a holder”)
• ingiĝi (“to be intserted into a holder”)

See also

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ingo

Italian

Alternative forms

• -engo

Etymology

Via Vulgar Latin *-ingus, from Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“belonging to; coming from”).

Suffix

-ingo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -inga, masculine plural -inghi, feminine plural -inghe)
-ingo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -inghi)

1. used to derive adjectives and nouns indicating a state or condition

   ‎solo (“alone”) + ‎-ingo → ‎solingo (“solitary”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ingo

Further reading

• -ingo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -igno, Gino, ogni

Spanish

Suffix

-ingo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ingos, feminine -inga, feminine plural -ingas)

1. (chiefly Bolivia) a diminutive suffix

   ‎chica (“girl”) + ‎-ingo → ‎chiquitinga (“little girl”)

   ‎señorito (“young master”) + ‎-ingo → ‎señoritingo (“little brat”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ingo

Further reading

• “-ingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10