"-ingo" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Esperanto]

IPA: /ˈinɡo/
Rhymes: -inɡo Etymology: Uncertain. Both Cherpillod and Vilborg suggest German -ling, by metanalysis of Fingerling (“finger cot”). Etymology templates: {{ety|eo|:bor<unc>|de:-ling|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-ling", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Esperanto", "term" : "-ingo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "eo" }" data-lang="eo" data-title="-ingo">, {{unc|eo}} Uncertain, {{bor|eo|de|-ling}} German -ling Head templates: {{head|eo|suffix}} -ingo
  1. A holder or sheath for something. Tags: morpheme

Suffix [Italian]

Forms: -inga [feminine], -inghi [masculine, plural], -inghe [feminine, plural], -inghi [plural], -engo [alternative]
Etymology: Via Vulgar Latin *-ingus, from Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“belonging to; coming from”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|it|gem}}, {{der|it|la-vul|*-ingus}} Vulgar Latin *-ingus, {{der|it|gmw-pro|*-ing}} Proto-West Germanic *-ing, {{der|it|gem-pro|*-ingaz||belonging to; coming from}} Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“belonging to; coming from”) Head templates: {{it-adj}} -ingo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -inga, masculine plural -inghi, feminine plural -inghe), {{it-noun|m}} -ingo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -inghi)
  1. used to derive adjectives and nouns indicating a state or condition Tags: masculine, morpheme

Suffix [Spanish]

Forms: -ingos [plural], -inga [feminine], -ingas [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz. Etymology templates: {{der|es|gem-pro|*-ingaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} -ingo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ingos, feminine -inga, feminine plural -ingas)
  1. (chiefly Bolivia) a diminutive suffix Tags: Bolivia, masculine, morpheme

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -ingo meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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