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Meaning of -igo | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
[ɪ.ɡoː]

Definitions

  1. Enlargement of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
    conjugation-1, morpheme
  2. Suffixed to nouns and to verbs, forms nouns usually denoting diseased conditions.
    declension-3, morpheme

Examples

“fūmus + -igō → fūmigō”
“līs (oblique stem: līt-) + -igō → lītigō”
“rēmus + -igō → rēmigō”
“fūstis + -igō → fūstīgō (long i due to i-stem)”
“nāvis + -igō → nāvigō (short i due to being from *naw-s, not an i-stem)”
“impetō + -īgō → impetīgō”
“prūriō + -īgō → prūrīgō”
“rōbus + -īgō → rōbīgō”
“scaturriō + -īgō → scaturrīgō”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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