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Where does “-ata” come from?

-ata (Italian) comes from Italian -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

-ata (Italian): Used with a stem to form the feminine singular...

Definitions

  1. Used with a stem to form the feminine singular...

Ancestry of “-ata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-atoUsed with a stem to form the past participle of...
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “-ata”

  • cascade
  • bravado
  • balustrade
  • pomade
  • Cascadia
  • balustraded
  • frittata
  • Cascadian
  • balustrading
  • bastinade
  • stoccado
  • burrata
  • cascadable
  • cascadic
  • subcascade
  • pommade
  • failcascade
  • bravata
  • escalinata
  • occhiata
  • litigata
  • chiacchierata
  • nevicata
  • pentolata
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