Correction: -are is by far the most frequent suffix, -ere intermediate, and -ire therefore the least frequent. Many terms we need daily seem to have no real na

Correction: -are is by far the most frequent suffix, -ere intermediate, and -ire therefore the least frequent. Many terms we need daily seem to have no real native analogue; at least not one that wouldn’t sound as if you’re deliberately trying to engage in some form of Dadaist absurdity: file, record, monitor, mouse, record. Others have perfectly serviceable local alternatives: algoritmo, tastiera for keyboard, processore for processor, puntatore & cursore, memoria, archivio for storage (aside: by God does it annoy me when people who should know better speak of hard drives or SSDs having a certain amount of ‘memory’: it’s storage goddamnit!), sistema operativo, finestra for window... It’s kind of a mixed bag.