-aceo

See also: aceo and -áceo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -acĕus. ^[1] Compare Italian -accio.

Suffix

-aceo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -acea, masculine plural -acei, feminine plural -acee)

added to nouns to form adjectives to denote "made out of" or "resembling"; -aceous
‎perla (“pearl”) + ‎-aceo → ‎perlaceo (“pearly”)

‎carta (“paper”) + ‎-aceo → ‎cartaceo (“paper (relational)”)

‎erba (“grass”) + ‎-aceo → ‎erbaceo (“herbaceous”)

Derived terms

References

^ “-aceo” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Latin

Suffix

-āceō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -āceus