"-aco" meaning in Spanish

See -aco in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -aca [feminine], -acos [masculine, plural], -acas [feminine, plural], -acos [plural], -aca [feminine], -acas [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós)der. Latin -acus Spanish -aco Inherited from Latin -acus. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:inh|la:-acus<id:grc>|id=relative|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós)der. Latin -acus Spanish -aco [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-kos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-κός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ακός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-acus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-aco", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="relative" data-lang="es" data-title="-aco" id="Spanish:_relative"> Inherited from Latin -acus. Head templates: {{es-adj}} -aco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aca, masculine plural -acos, feminine plural -acas), {{es-noun|m|f=+}} -aco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -acos, feminine -aca, feminine plural -acas)
  1. a suffix to make nationalities and demonyms Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--aco-es-suffix-GDPsMGI1 Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 16 6 27 12 27 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 5 29 11 29 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 3 32 6 32 6 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -acos [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} -aco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -acos)
  1. a pejorative suffix Tags: masculine, morpheme Related terms: -arraco
    Sense id: en--aco-es-suffix-I-fyBpOy Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 16 6 27 12 27 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 5 29 11 29 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -aco meaning in Spanish (4.2kB)

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