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See also: SCO and sćo

Latin

Etymology

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    Proto-Italic *-skō
    Latin -sco

    Inherited from Proto-Italic *-skō, from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti.

    Suffix

    -scō (present infinitive -scere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation

    1. Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to start to (verb), to begin to (verb)".

    Conjugation

    This suffix only forms the first principal part; the perfect and supine stems used vary according to the verb (e.g. adolēscō, adoluī, adultum).

       Conjugation of -scō (third conjugation)
    More information indicative, singular ...

    Derived terms

    Latin terms suffixed with -sco
    abolesco
    aboriscor
    acesco
    adlubesco
    adolesco
    aegresco
    albesco
    alesco
    algesco
    apiscor
    apparesco
    ardesco
    aresco
    augesco
    autumnascit
    calesco
    candesco
    canesco
    claresco
    cohaeresco
    compesco
    concallesco
    concupisco
    condolesco
    confervesco
    conticesco
    convalesco
    cupisco
    defloresco
    dilucesco
    dispesco
    dormisco
    edormisco
    ercisco
    -esco
    extimesco
    fervesco
    fetesco
    flaccesco
    floresco
    frendesco
    frigesco
    frondesco
    fulgesco
    hebesco
    hiasco
    hisco
    horresco
    infervesco
    inhaeresco
    inhorresco
    intepesco
    irascor
    labasco
    languesco
    latesco
    lentesco
    lucesco
    macesco
    madesco
    marcesco
    mucesco
    nausco
    nitesco
    obdormisco
    obticesco
    olesco
    patesco
    pauperasco
    perhorresco
    praevalesco
    purpurasco
    putesco
    putresco
    quiesco
    rancesco
    redintegrasco
    rigesco
    rubesco
    scisco
    senesco
    sentisco
    sordesco
    splendesco
    stupesco
    tabesco
    tenerasco
    tepesco
    torpesco
    tumesco
    valesco
    veterasco
    vigesco
    viresco
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    Spanish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Inherited from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus.

    Suffix

    -sco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -sca, masculine plural -scos, feminine plural -scas)

    1. forms adjectives that signify relation to the word stem; sometimes pejorative
      ‎príncipe (“prince”) + ‎-sco → ‎principesco (“related to princes”)

    Suffix

    -sco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -scos)

    1. forms augmentative nouns
      ‎peña (“rock”) + ‎-sco → ‎peñasco (“large rock, boulder”)
    2. forms collective nouns

    Derived terms

    Spanish terms suffixed with -sco
    animalesco
    dantesco
    gigantesco
    granguiñolesco
    parentesco
    peñasco
    principesco
    quijotesco
    rocambolesco

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