-aceo

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See also: aceo and -áceo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -acĕus. [1] Compare Italian -accio.

Suffix

-aceo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -acea, masculine plural -acei, feminine plural -acee)

  1. added to nouns to form adjectives to denote "made out of" or "resembling"; -aceous
    ‎perla (“pearl”) + ‎-aceo → ‎perlaceo (“pearly”)
    ‎carta (“paper”) + ‎-aceo → ‎cartaceo (“paper (relational)”)
    ‎erba (“grass”) + ‎-aceo → ‎erbaceo (“herbaceous”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -aceo

References

  1. ^ “-aceo” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Latin

Suffix

-āceō

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