-esco

See also: esco and escó

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscum, accusative singular of -iscus.[1] Cognates: see Proto-Germanic *-iskaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ-es.ko/

Suffix

-esco

  1. Forms adjectives (sometimes used as nouns) that indicate relationship, membership, quality.
    Dante (the poet Dante Alighieri) + -escodantesco (Dantesque)

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  1. “-esco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From -eō + -scō.

Suffix

-ēscō

  1. Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become (adjective)".

Usage notes

Many verbs ending in -ēscō are inchoatives in -scō formed from statives in -eō. However, some verbs exist that are derived directly from the adjective, with no "intermediate" stative verb existing, e.g.:

Inflection

Conjugation varies with verb; only first principal part shown here for illustration.

   Conjugation of -esco (third conjugation, defective)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present -ēscō -ēscis -ēscit -ēscimus -ēscitis -ēscunt
imperfect -ēscēbam -ēscēbās -ēscēbat -ēscēbāmus -ēscēbātis -ēscēbant
future -ēscam -ēscēs -ēscet -ēscēmus -ēscētis -ēscent
passive present -ēscor -ēsceris, -ēscere -ēscitur -ēscimur -ēsciminī -ēscuntur
imperfect -ēscēbar -ēscēbāris, -ēscēbāre -ēscēbātur -ēscēbāmur -ēscēbāminī -ēscēbantur
future -ēscar -ēscēris, -ēscēre -ēscētur -ēscēmur -ēscēminī -ēscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present -ēscam -ēscās -ēscat -ēscāmus -ēscātis -ēscant
imperfect -ēscerem -ēscerēs -ēsceret -ēscerēmus -ēscerētis -ēscerent
passive present -ēscar -ēscāris, -ēscāre -ēscātur -ēscāmur -ēscāminī -ēscantur
imperfect -ēscerer -ēscerēris, -ēscerēre -ēscerētur -ēscerēmur -ēscerēminī -ēscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present -ēsce -ēscite
future -ēscitō -ēscitō -ēscitōte -ēscuntō
passive present -ēscere -ēsciminī
future -ēscitor -ēscitor -ēscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives -ēscere -ēscī
participles -ēscēns -ēscendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
-ēscere -ēscendī -ēscendō -ēscendum

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Aromanian: -esc- (-escu, -eshti, -eashti, -escu), -ãsc-
  • Catalan: -eix- (-eixo, -eixes, -eix, -eixen), -isc- (-ixes, -ix, -ixen)
  • → English: -esce; -ise, -ish (via Old French)
  • Francoprovençal: -éss- (-ésso, -és, -ét, -éssens, -ésséds, -éssont)
  • French: -iss- (-is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent)
  • Friulian: -is- (-ìs, -issis, -ìs, -issin)
  • Italian: -isc- (-isco, -isci, -isce, -iscono)
  • Occitan: -iss- (-issi, -isses, -ís)
  • Portuguese: -ecer (-eço, -eces, -ece, -ecemos, -eceis, -ecem), -escer
  • Romanian: -esc- (-esc, -ești, -ește, -esc), -ăsc-
  • Romansch: -esch- (-eschel, -eschas, -escha)
  • Spanish: -ecer (-ezco, -eces, -ece, -ecemos, -ecéis, -ecen)
  • Venetian: -is- (-iso, -isi, -ise, -ise)

Spanish

Suffix

-esco (feminine counterpart -esca)

  1. Alternative form of -sco
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