Where does “-ado” come from?

-ado (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish -ado, 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.

-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-adoforms the masculine singular past participle of regular
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “-ado”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Old Spanish -ado →