Where does “nitrato” come from?

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

nitrato (Portuguese): nitrate

Definitions

  1. nitrate

Ancestry of “nitrato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-ato-ship; -ate; -age; -ate
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Portuguese -ato →
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