Where does “-ad” come from?

-ad (Spanish) comes from Latin -ate, 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.

-ad (Spanish): used to form the informal second-person plural imperative mood of

Definitions

  1. used to form the informal second-person plural imperative mood of

Ancestry of “-ad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-atesecond-person plural present active imperative of...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -atus →Every word from Latin -ate →