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Latin
Etymology
A metanalysis of aerūca + nasal suffix *-n- > *aerūgn- > *aerūgin- > aerūgō as aes + -ūgō. Compare -īgō (suffix forming nouns).[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ūgō f (genitive -ūginis); third declension
- Suffixed to nouns and to adjectives, forms nouns denoting thin or superficial coatings, films, layers, platings vel sim. of materials.
- aes (oblique stem: aer-) + -ūgō → aerūgō
- albus + -ūgō → albūgō
- aurum + -ūgō → aurūgō
- ferrum + -ūgō → ferrūgō
- lāna + -ūgō → lānūgō
- salsus + -ūgō → salsūgō
- vesper + -ūgō → vesperūgō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, § 325.B.4., page 369