-o

Morpheme

-o

Type

suffix

Denotation

Romance masculine suffix (feminine -a, Italian plural -i)

Etymology

Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French -o

Evidence

ailanto, botijo, bucchero, cacao, cello, coco, codo, comodo, contrapposto, corno, domino, fallo, fuero, galero, gusto, incognito, indigo, insurrecto, intrico, lento, lido, maduro, majordomo, manifesto, negro, palmo, pinto, queso, rodeo, salto, sargasso, scudo, silo, tempo, trio, vino

See Also

-i, -a

Homographs

O, -o-, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o