-isco

See also: ISCO, isco, and isco-

Galician

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisko/ [ˈis̺.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -isko

Suffix

-isco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -isca, masculine plural -iscos, feminine plural -iscas)

1. -ish

   ‎mouro (“Moor”) + ‎-isco → ‎mourisco (“Moorish”)

Usage notes

• No longer productive. Was appended to themes denoting names of nations or regions.

Derived terms

• alemanisco
• francisco
• greguisco
• mourisco
• tartarisco
• torquisco

Italian

Etymology

A form of the infix -isc-, from Latin -ēscō. Cognates include Romanian -esc, Spanish -ezco.

Suffix

-isco (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. used with a stem to form the first-person singular present of most regular -ire verbs

Related terms

• -isci
• -isce

Anagrams

• Cois, Cosi, Scio, Soči, cosi, cosi', così, osci, scio, sciò, scoi, soci

Latin

Etymology 1

Suffix

-īscō (present infinitive -īscere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation

1. Alternative form of -ēscō

Related terms

Latin terms suffixed with -isco

ingemisco

longisco

paciscor

proficiscor

revivisco

tremisco

Etymology 2

Suffix

-iscō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -iscus

Spanish

Suffix

-isco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -isca, masculine plural -iscos, feminine plural -iscas)

1. Alternative form of -sco; forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem; sometimes pejorative

   ‎mar (“sea”) + ‎-isco → ‎marisco (“seafood”)

Suffix

-isco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -iscos)

1. Alternative form of -sco; forms augmentative nouns
2. Alternative form of -sco; forms collective nouns

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -isco

arenisco

levantisco

marisco

morisco

Further reading

• “-isco”, 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