Where does “-ado” come from?
-ado (Galician) comes from Galician -ádego, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
Ancestry of “-ado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | -ádego | — |
| 2 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “-ado”