Where does “-ée” come from?

-ée (Norman) comes from Latin -ata, 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.

-ée (Norman): Forming feminine nouns having the sense of...

Definitions

  1. Forming feminine nouns having the sense of...

Ancestry of “-ée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-atanominative feminine singular of -ātus; nominative...
2Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “-ée”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -atus →Every word from Latin -ata →
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