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Where does “-igo” come from?

-igo (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

-igo (Latin): Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...

Definitions

  1. Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...

Ancestry of “-igo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “-igo”

  • original
  • origin
  • originally
  • navy
  • urine
  • navigation
  • litigation
  • originate
  • originality
  • navigate
  • allege
  • allay
  • originator
  • Aborigines
  • navigational
  • urination
  • litigant
  • urinate
  • lege
  • litigate
  • rile
  • circumnavigation
  • petechiae
  • impetigo
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