Borrowed fromLatin-icius,-īcius. Depending on the source,doublet of-eccio or-iccio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈit.t͡sjo/
• Rhymes:-ittsjo
• Hyphenation:-ì‧zio

-izio (adjective-forming suffix,feminine-izia,masculine plural-izi,feminine plural-izie)

1. used to form relational adjectives from nouns

• The suffix is attached directly to the root of a noun to form an adjective denoting derivation:

Examples:

cardinal(e)(“cardinal”) →cardinalizio(“of or pertaining to a cardinal”)

credit(o)(“credit”) →creditizio(“credit(relational)”)

prefett(o)(“prefect”) →prefettizio(“of or pertaining to a prefect”)

• Many instances of the suffix are found in words of Latin origin:

• In some cases, the root exhibitsfossilised characteristics lost in the correspondent modern Italian root noun:

Example:

nuovo(“new”) →novizio(“new”, “unaccustomed”) (cfr. Latinnovīcius, fromnovus)

• In a few cases, the adjective has no correspondent root noun in modern Italian:

Example:

laterizio(“pertaining to brickwork”) (cfr. Latinlaterīcius, fromlater(“brick”), which has no descendants in Italian)

• Terms derived with this suffix are invariably stressed on thepenultimate.

• Italian terms borrowed from Latin
• Italian terms derived from Latin
• Italian doublets
• Italian 2-syllable words
• Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
• Rhymes:Italian/ittsjo
• Rhymes:Italian/ittsjo/2 syllables
• Italian lemmas
• Italian suffixes
• Italian adjective-forming suffixes

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