-ico

See also: ico, Ico, iĉo, iço, and -iĉo

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin.

Suffix

-ico m (feminine counterpart -ica)

1. -ic; added to nouns to form adjectives

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ico

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin -icus.

Suffix

-ico m (feminine -ica, masculine plural -ici, feminine plural -iche)

1. -ic

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ico

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Latin

Etymology 1

From -ō suffixed to words with stems ending in -ic (including -icus), which was reinterpreted as part of the suffix.

Suffix

-icō (present infinitive -icāre, perfect active -icāvī, supine -icātum); first conjugation

1. forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes with frequentative meaning

   fodiō + -icō → fodicō

   albus + -icō → albicō

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ico

Descendants

• Italian: -icare

Etymology 2

Suffix

1. dative masculine singular of -icus
2. dative neuter singular of -icus
3. ablative masculine singular of -icus
4. ablative neuter singular of -icus

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin, from Proto-Indo-European *-ikos, *-iḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ku/
• IPA^(key): /i.ko/
• Words with this suffix are proparoxytones.

Suffix

-ico m (feminine -ica, plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

1. -ic; -ical (of or pertaining to [the suffixed noun])

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ico

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ku/
• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ko/

Suffix

-ico m (feminine -ica, plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

1. irregular diminutive suffix, often forming new senses rather than semantic diminutives

   ‎burro (“donkey”) + ‎-ico → ‎burrico (“small donkey”)

   ‎verão (“summer”) + ‎-ico → ‎veranico (“Indian summer”)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.

Suffix

-ico m (feminine counterpart -ica)

1. -ic; added to nouns to form adjectives
2. (Murcia, Granada, Navarre, Aragon, Cuba) usually derogatory diminutive suffix; added to nouns to form nouns; replaces standard Spanish suffix -ito

Usage notes

In definition 1, stress will fall on the syllable before the suffix (e.g. cuántico, with emphasis on /a/). For definition 2, stress falls on the first syllable of the suffix (e.g. marica, with emphasis on /i/).

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ico