Where does “-ado” come from?
-ado (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese -ado, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
-ado (Portuguese): forms the masculine singular past participle of...
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- forms the masculine singular past participle of...
Ancestry of “-ado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | -ado | -ed |
| 2 | Latin | -atus | -ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “-ado”