Where does “-io” come from?

-io (Italian) comes from New Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-io (Italian): Used with verb roots to derive nouns with...

Definitions

  1. Used with verb roots to derive nouns with...

Ancestry of “-io”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latin-iumbiological structure; Suffix used to form...
2Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-io”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →