Where does “-ito” come from?

-ito (Italian) comes from Latin -ītus, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-ito (Italian): Used with a stem to form the past participle of...

Definitions

  1. Used with a stem to form the past participle of...

Ancestry of “-ito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ītusUsed to form adjectives
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Latin -ītus →