Where does “-ate” come from?
-ate (Latin) comes from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
-ate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present active imperative of...
Ancestry of “-ate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | -atus | -ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “-ate”