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-io

-io

See also: Appendix:Variations of "io"

Esperanto

Suffix

-io

  1. a country named after the root, whether that is a people, person, city, or river
    japano (a Japanese person) + -ioJapanio (Japan)
    Kolumbo (Columbus) + -ioKolumbio (Columbia)
    Romo (Rome) + -ioRomio (the Roman Empire)
    Niĝero (the Niger River) + -ioNiĝerio (Nigeria)
    Esperanto (the Esperanto language) + -ioEsperantio (a notional Esperanto-speaking land)
  2. a science named after its practitioner
    astronomo (astronomer) + -ioastronomio (astronomy)
    biologo (biologist) + -iobiologio (biology)
    kirurgo (surgeon) + -iokirurgio (surgery (branch of medicine))

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Finnish

Suffix

-io (front vowel harmony variant -iö)

  1. Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems.
    itää (to sprout) + -ioitiö (spore (of e.g. mushroom, moss))
    valita (to choose) + -iovalio (elite, select)
  2. Forms nouns from other nouns, adjectives, numbers or their stems.
    yksi (one) + -ioyksiö (a one-room apartment)
    kolme (three) + -iokolmio (a triangle; a yield sign)
    neljä (four) + -ioneliö (a square); shorter form for a square meter

Declension

Inflection of -io (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative -io -iot
genitive -ion -ioiden
-ioitten
partitive -iota -ioita
illative -ioon -ioihin
singular plural
nominative -io -iot
accusative nom. -io -iot
gen. -ion
genitive -ion -ioiden
-ioitten
partitive -iota -ioita
inessive -iossa -ioissa
elative -iosta -ioista
illative -ioon -ioihin
adessive -iolla -ioilla
ablative -iolta -ioilta
allative -iolle -ioille
essive -iona -ioina
translative -ioksi -ioiksi
instructive -ioin
abessive -iotta -ioitta
comitative -ioineen

Derived terms

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English -ia, French -ie, Italian -ia, Russian -ия (-ija), Spanish -ia, ultimately from Latin -ia, from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).

Suffix

-io

  1. suffix denoting the country, region, domain, territory or province dependent upon the authority of a person
    duko (duke; duchess) + -iodukio (duchy)
    episkopo (bishop) + -ioepiskopio (bishopric, diocese, episcopate)
    paroko (parish priest, rector) + -ioparokio (parish)
    rejo (sovereign, ruler, king, queen, monarch) + -iorejio (kingdom)

Usage notes

A common but false misconception is that countries that end with -ia in Ido, for example Albania, uses this suffix when in fact it's part of the root itself. Though, -io at times can help shape country names to fit; Mexikia uses the extra i so not to be confused with Mexiko (Mexico City) at the same time resembling other country names.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ido_words_suffixed_with_-io'>Ido words suffixed with -io</a>

Italian

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.o/, [ˈiːo]
  • Stress: -ìo

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin -ērium.

Suffix

-io m (plural -ii)

  1. Used to derive adjectives from verbs with durative, intensive or frequentative connotation; -le
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Latin -īvus.

Suffix

-io m (plural -ii)

  1. Alternative form of -ivo

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /jo/, [jo]

Etymology 1

From Latin -ium.

Suffix

-io m

  1. Forms the name of chemical elements; -ium

Latin

Etymology

Suffix on i-stems.

Suffix

-iō f (genitive -iōnis); third declension

  1. Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.

Usage notes

The suffix -iō is added to a verb to create a third-declension feminine abstract noun.

Examples:
legiō, from legō
regiō, from regō

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-io'>Latin words suffixed with -io</a>

References

  • Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -ium, from the adjectival suffix -ius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈ-i.o]

Suffix

-io

  1.  (added to nouns) A suffix forming abstract nouns.
    sennor (lord, master) + -iosennorio (dominion, jurisdiction)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Spanish_words_suffixed_with_-io'>Old Spanish words suffixed with -io</a>

Descendants


Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin -ium, from Latin -um, based on Latin terms for metals, such as ferrum (iron).

Suffix

-io m

  1. -ium

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_words_suffixed_with_-io'>Spanish words suffixed with -io</a>

Welsh

Suffix

-io

  1. Suffix used to form verbal nouns.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Welsh_words_suffixed_with_-io'>Welsh words suffixed with -io</a>