-mino

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mino"

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; from Proto-Italic *-menō. Traditionally understood as a contamination of -minī (2nd-person plural passive ending) with -tō (2nd/3rd-person singular future active imperative ending). Alternatively, ultimately from an inflected form of Proto-Indo-European *-mh₁nos (“mediopassive participle”). Cognate with Umbrian -mu (e.g., Umbrian 𐌀𐌌𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌇𐌌𐌖 (amparihmu)) and Oscan -mo, syncopated from Sabellic *-mno, itself from Proto-Italic *-menō.[1]

Suffix

-minō (Old Latin)

  1. second-person singular future active imperative ending of deponent verbs
    ‎arbitror (“to think”) + ‎-minō → ‎arbitrāminō
    ‎opperior + ‎-minō → ‎opperīminō

References

  1. ^ Fraser, J. “The Latin Imperative in -Mino.” The Classical Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1911, pp. 123–25. JSTOR, [1]
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