Morpheme
-cin
Type
suffix
Denotation
Latin verb suffix that forms verbs from nouns; literally sing, recite, chant, play, sound, foretell, predict, prophesy
Etymology
Latin -cinor, from -*cinārī; of unknown origin but possibly from (1) Latin canere and/or (2) Latin -ōnic-, from rebracketing of -ōn- stem + -icus by metathesis on analogy of -cinor in vāticinor
Evidence
latrociny, ratiocinate, tirocinium, tyrocinium, tyrociny
