-ingo
Esperanto
Etymology
Uncertain. Both André Cherpillod and Ebbe Vilborg suggest German -ling, by metanalysis of Fingerling ("fingercot").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinɡo/
- Rhymes: -inɡo
Suffix
-ingo
- A holder or sheath for something.
- kandelo (“candle”) + -ingo → kandelingo (“candlestick”)
Derived terms
See also
Esperanto terms suffixed with -ingo
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Via Latin, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“belonging to; coming from”).
Suffix
-ingo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -inga, masculine plural -inghi, feminine plural -inghe)
-ingo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -inghi)
Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -ingo
Further reading
- -ingo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Suffix
-ingo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ingos, feminine -inga, feminine plural -ingas)
- (chiefly Bolivia) a diminutive suffix
- chica (“girl”) + -ingo → chiquitinga (“little girl”)
- señorito (“young master”) + -ingo → señoritingo (“little brat”)
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -ingo
Further reading
- “-ingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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