Where does “-ento” come from?

-ento (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese -ento, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

-ento (Galician): adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in, full of; -y

Definitions

  1. adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in, full of; -y

Ancestry of “-ento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese-ento—
2Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
4Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “-ento”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- →