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Where does “-sc-” come from?

-sc- (Latin) comes from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “-sc-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
2Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
3Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
4Proto-Italic-ējō—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-sc-”

  • abâtardissement
  • -iss-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →