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Basque
Etymology
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Suffix
-ago
- Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
- handi (“big”) + -ago → handiago (“bigger”)
- zahar (“old”) + -ago → zaharrago (“older”)
Derived terms
Category Basque terms suffixed with -ago not found
Latin
Etymology
Originally probably equivalent or related to -āx-ō; see e.g. vorāx, vorāgō (< vorācō). However, Georges-Jean Pinault suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European nouns in -k + the possessive suffix *-Hō.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-āgō f (genitive -āginis); third declension
- Suffixed to nouns, forms nouns describing objects, plants, and animals.
- corium + -āgō → coriāgō
- planta + -āgō → plantāgō
- simila + -āgō → similāgō
- medica + -āgō → Medicāgō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, § 325.B.3., page 369
- “-āgō” on page 90/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- ^ Pinault, Georges-Jean (2001) “The Latin word-type uorago: A reflection of an Indo-European suffix”, in Glotta. Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 77, numbers 1–2, pages 85–109