-dumbre

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish -tumbre (still found in costumbre), from Vulgar Latin *-tumne, syncopated form of *-tumine, a dissimilated form of Latin -tūdinem, accusative of -tūdō. Doublet of -itúdine, -itud.

Found in a few words inherited from Vulgar Latin (certidumbre, dulcedumbre, mansedumbre, muchedumbre, servidumbre, soledumbre), and one word formed in Spanish (pesadumbre).

Suffix

-dumbre f

  1. (obsolete) used to form a noun from an adjective: -itude, -ness
    ‎pesar (“to weigh”) + ‎-dumbre → ‎pesadumbre (“sorrow”)
    ‎podrido (“rotten”) + ‎-dumbre → ‎podredumbre (“rottenness”)

Derived terms
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