-somo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsõ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈso.mu/

• Hyphenation: -so‧mo

Suffix

-somo

2. (noun combining form) Body.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -somo

acrossomo

fagossomo

mesossomo

Related terms

• soma

Further reading

• “-somo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-somo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026