-esco

== Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus. Cognates: see Proto-Germanic *-iskaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈes.ko/ Rhymes: -esko Hyphenation: -é‧sco === Suffix === -esco forms adjectives (sometimes used as nouns) that indicate relationship, membership, quality ‎Dante (“the poet Dante Alighieri”) + ‎-esco → ‎dantesco (“Dantesque”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: -esque English: -esque German: -esk === References === === Anagrams === Cose, OCSE, cose, seco, secò == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *-ēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeːs.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.ko] === Suffix === -ēscō (present infinitive -ēscere, perfect active -ī, supine -um); third conjugation Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar ==== 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.: amārus > amārēscō (but no *amāreō) celeber > celebrēscō (but no *celebreō) ==== Conjugation ==== Conjugation varies with verb; only first principal part shown here for illustration. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -esco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esca, masculine plural -escos, feminine plural -escas) Forms adjectives that signify comparison, relation or resemblance to the word stem (-like, -esque) ‎animal (“animal”) + ‎-esco → ‎animalesco (“animalesque, animal-like”) ‎livro (“book”) + ‎-esco → ‎livresco (“related to books”) === Further reading === “-esco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-esco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈesko/ [ˈes.ko] Rhymes: -esko Syllabification: -es‧co === Suffix === -esco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esca, masculine plural -escos, feminine plural -escas) alternative form of -sco; forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem; sometimes pejorative ‎libro (“book”) + ‎-esco → ‎libresco (“related to books”) === Suffix === -esco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -escos) alternative form of -sco; forms augmentative nouns alternative form of -sco; forms collective nouns === Derived terms === === Further reading === “-esco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025