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Where does “-udo” come from?

-udo (Spanish) comes from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

-udo (Spanish): A suffix appended to nouns to form adjectives ,...

Definitions

  1. A suffix appended to nouns to form adjectives ,...

Ancestry of “-udo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-utus—
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-udo”

  • Barbuda
  • peludo
  • Barbudan
  • barrigudo
  • Barbudian
  • cabelludo
  • cachetudo
  • forzudo
  • zancudo
  • dentudo
  • macanudo
  • mieludo
  • berrinchudo
  • dolobu
  • gajudo
  • peludo
  • ganchudo
  • barbuda
  • velludo
  • pelotudez
  • boludez
  • barbudo
  • dientudo
  • ojudo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →