-io

Table of contents

1 Finnish 1.1 Derivational suffix 2 Italian 2.1 Suffix 3 Latin 3.1 Suffix 3.1.1 Example

Finnish

Derivational suffix

-io (with back vowel harmony)

-iö (with front vowel harmony)

1. Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems.

   itää to sprout -> itiö spore (of eg. mushroom, moss)

2. Forms nouns from other nouns, adjectives, numbers or their stems.

   tuomari judge -> tuomio judgement

   kaksi two -> kaksio flat (apartment) for two people

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Italian

Suffix

-io

1. continuation, strength
2. state, condition

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Latin

Suffix

-io f, genitive -ionis

1. Suffix added to the stem of the perfect passive participle of a verb, to create a verbal noun indicating an action.

Example

Infinitive	P.P.Participle	Verbal Noun
animare	animatus	animatio
frangere	fractus	fractio