distingo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto distingi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto distingo

From distingi + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtinɡo/

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• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: dis‧tin‧go

Noun

distingo (accusative singular distingon, plural distingoj, accusative plural distingojn)

1. distinction, renown

Galician

Verb

distingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of distinguir

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto distingo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtin.ɡo/

Noun

distingo (plural distingi)

1. distinction, difference
   • 1913, Progreso, volume 5, page 30:

     Semblas do plu bona aranjar la distingo, ne en la komen- ala uzo od omiso di h, ma en la fino : herisar (kun herisita), herisono.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• distingar
• distingeso

Portuguese

Verb

distingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of distinguir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtinɡo/ [d̪isˈt̪ĩŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: dis‧tin‧go

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sténgʷeti

Proto-Italic *stengʷō

Latin stinguō

Latin distinguerelbor.

Spanish distinguirdeverb.

Spanish distingo

Deverbal from distinguir.

Noun

distingo m (plural distingos)

1. distinction; discrimination

Etymology 2

Verb

distingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of distinguir

Further reading

• “distingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026