-endo

Morpheme

-endo

Type

suffix

Denotation

masculine gerund (verbal noun) suffix (plural -endi)

Etymology

Italian -endo; Latin -endus

Evidence

affrettando, crescendo, crescendoed, crescendoing, crescendos, decrescendo, decrescendoed, decrescendoing, decrescendos, diminuendo, diminuendos, rinforzando, rinforzandos, stringendo

See Also

-and, -andum, -anda, -ando, -andi, -ando, -end, -enda, -endae, -endum, -enda, -endi, -endo, -endis, -und, -unda, -undae, -ond, -bund, -cund

Homographs

-endo