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Where does “-ado” come from?

-ado (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

-ado (Spanish): Suffix indicating the masculine singular past...

Definitions

  1. Suffix indicating the masculine singular past...

Ancestry of “-ado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanish-ado—
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “-ado”

  • Colorado
  • blockade
  • tamponade
  • Gatorade
  • orangeade
  • colorado
  • gasconade
  • blockader
  • limeade
  • carbonado
  • Coloradan
  • juramentado
  • counterblockade
  • camisado
  • cherryade
  • gingerade
  • gasconader
  • coloradoite
  • raspberryade
  • antiblockade
  • pineappleade
  • tamarindade
  • appleade
  • mangoade
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