Where does “-ado” come from?

-ado (Old Portuguese) 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.

-ado (Old Portuguese): -ed

Definitions

  1. -ed

Ancestry of “-ado”, 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 “-ado”

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