-dumbre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish -tumbre (still found in costumbre), from Vulgar Latin *-tumne, syncopated form of *-tumine, a dissimilated form of Latin -tūdinem. Doublet of -itúdine and -itud.

Found in a few words inherited from Vulgar Latin (certidumbre, dulcedumbre, mansedumbre, muchedumbre, servidumbre, soledumbre), and one word formed in Spanish (pesadumbre).

Suffix

-dumbre f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dumbres)

  1. (no longer productive) forms nouns from adjectives: -itude, -ness
    ‎pesar (“to weigh”) + ‎-dumbre → ‎pesadumbre (“sorrow”)
    ‎podrido (“rotten”) + ‎-dumbre → ‎podredumbre (“rottenness”)

Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -dumbre
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