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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ēscere, present active infinitive of -ēscō. Was probably adopted before Progreso, probably through Idiom Neutral -eskar.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-eskar
- (with a verbal root) begin to, start
- sidar (“to sit; be sitting”) + -eskar → sideskar (“sit down, take a seat”)
- (with an adjectival root) become, get
- richa (“rich”) + -eskar → richeskar (“to become rich”)
Usage notes
In early Ido (until the late 1910s) this suffix was used after verbal roots to form a verb with exclusively an inchoative active meaning.
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