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Where does “-ate” come from?

-ate (French) comes from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

-ate (French): -ate

Definitions

  1. -ate

Ancestry of “-ate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ātus—
2Proto-Italic-ātos—
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “-ate”

  • phosphate
  • dehydration
  • hydration
  • phosphatase
  • hydrate
  • triphosphate
  • monophosphate
  • rehydration
  • diphosphate
  • superphosphate
  • phosphatidylinositol
  • bisphosphate
  • organophosphate
  • monohydrate
  • dehydrate
  • phosphatic
  • dehydrator
  • hypophosphatemia
  • dihydrate
  • orthophosphate
  • hyperphosphatemia
  • polyphosphate
  • phosphatidyl
  • trisphosphate
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