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Where does “-ícia” come from?

-ícia (Proto-Bantu) comes from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “-ícia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-itia-ness, -ity
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-ícia”

  • umfundisi
  • fisa
  • balisa
  • fundisa
  • khombisa
  • lethisa
  • umsebenzisi
  • bonisa
  • andisa
  • isinciphiso
  • enzakalisa
  • isandiso
  • -isa
  • nciphisa
  • isikhombisa
  • bilisa
  • umfundisi
  • dibanisa
  • fanisa
  • sebenzisa
  • shukumisa
  • enzakalisa
  • bonisa
  • umfundisi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →