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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -icius, -īcius. Depending on the source, doublet of -eccio or -iccio.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-izio (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -izia, masculine plural -izi, feminine plural -izie)
- used to form relational adjectives from nouns
Usage notes
- The suffix is attached directly to the root of a noun to form an adjective denoting derivation:
- Examples:
- cardinal(e) (“cardinal”) → cardinalizio (“of or pertaining to a cardinal”)
- credit(o) (“credit”) → creditizio (“credit (relational)”)
- prefett(o) (“prefect”) → prefettizio (“of or pertaining to a prefect”)
- Many instances of the suffix are found in words of Latin origin:
- In some cases, the root exhibits fossilised characteristics lost in the correspondent modern Italian root noun:
- Example:
- nuovo (“new”) → novizio (“new”, “unaccustomed”) (cfr. Latin novīcius, from novus)
- In a few cases, the adjective has no correspondent root noun in modern Italian:
- Example:
- laterizio (“pertaining to brickwork”) (cfr. Latin laterīcius, from later (“brick”), which has no descendants in Italian)
- Terms derived with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate.
Derived terms