-esco

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Latin word -esco comes from Latin -eo, Latin -sco

-eo (Latin)

(no longer productive) Forms causative verbs from primary (third conjugation and some fourth conjugation) verbs. Forms stative verbs from adjectives.

-sco (Latin)

Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to start to (verb), to begin to (verb)".

-esco (Latin)

Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become (adjective)".

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