Where does “alumnado” come from?

alumnado (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ado, 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.

alumnado (Spanish): student body, populace of students

Definitions

  1. student body, populace of students

Ancestry of “alumnado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-adoSuffix indicating the masculine singular past...
2Old Spanish-adoforms the masculine singular past participle of regular
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-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 -ātus →Every word from Spanish -ado →