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-ez Suffix "saying" Even in Latin the suffix had already fossilized, it was last productive in Proto-Italic. From Latin *-dex 'id.' From Proto-Italic *-dik- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *-di̯ḱ- 'id.' From the root *dei̯ḱ- "to say" (whence decir). Indo-European Romance Asturian -áu, Portuguese -ado, Catalan -at, French -é, Italian -ato Italic Oscan -díss, Marrucinian -dix, Marsian -dis, Paelignian -dix, Volscian -dix Germanic Gothic ga-teihan "to indicate" Hellenic Ancient Greek δείκνῡμι (deíknymi) "to show" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit diś- "to show" de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-eza Abstract noun-forming suffix. From Latin -itia 'id.,' via re-interpretation of -itas, a noun-forming suffix indicating a state of being (see -edad, -idad). Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.