Where does “-ide” come from?

-ide (Italian) comes from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

-ide (Italian): id (dynast)

Definitions

  1. id (dynast)

Ancestry of “-ide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-ide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →