Where does “-ate” come from?

-ate (Latin) comes from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

-ate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “-ate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
2Proto-Italic-ātos—
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “-ate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -atus →Every word from Proto-Italic -ātos →