Thread:User talk:CodeCat/-izo suffix in Latin?

Hi CodeCat. I'm not totally comfortable with the surface analysis of a Latin -izo suffix for, , , and. These are existing Greek words which are used only in Late Latin and after. There may be some exceptions in the broader set, however, which also include:, , , , , , , , , , and. Prophetizo is Greek, but it is not `good Greek;' and if I wanted to cast stones I might say organizo and allegorizo are not Greek at all. I wonder if a reasonable touchstone is the -esque suffix in English, which now can be used for non-French stems. -izo does not have this property in Latin. While I can't think of a good reason not directly to link Greek counterparts at a minimum where the latter exist and predate the Latin, I didn't want to edit, because you usually have better reasons than I have.