Where does “-ino” come from?

-ino (Esperanto) comes from German -īn, from Middle High German -īn.

-ino (Esperanto): of feminine sex

Definitions

  1. of feminine sex

Ancestry of “-ino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-īncreates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables
2Middle High German-īn—

Words derived from “-ino”

Every word from Middle High German -īn →Every word from German -īn →