Galician

Suffix

-ico m ‎(feminine counterpart -ica)

1. -ic; added to nouns to form adjectives

Derived terms

Italian

Suffix

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

1. -ic

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

present active -icō, present infinitive -icāre, perfect active -icāvī, supine -icātum

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

   fodiō + -icō → fodicō

   albus + -icō → albicō

Derived terms

Descendants

• Italian: -icare

Etymology 2

Suffix

-icō

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ku/
• (South Brazil) 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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ku/
• (South Brazil) 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”)

Spanish

Etymology

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. usually derogative diminutive suffix; added to nouns to form nouns

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