Where does “-at” come from?

-at (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German -at, 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.

-at (Serbo-Croatian): Used on nominal and verbal stems of loanwords,...

Definitions

  1. Used on nominal and verbal stems of loanwords,...

Ancestry of “-at”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-at-ate
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “-at”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from German -at →