-ate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 531 words | Copyright

-ate1 repr. F. -at = Sp. -ADO, It. -ato — L. -ātus, comp. suffix orig. f. stems of verbs in -āre + -tus (cf. juventus YOUTH), but later added directly to sbs. to form abstract sbs. (i) denoting action or state, as plōrātus weeping, consulātus consulship; (ii) in coll. sense, as equitātus cavalry, senātus SENATE; (iii) in concr. sense, as magistrātus MAGISTRATE; corr. to OE. -oǒ, -aǒ (as in fisċoǒ fishing), OHG. -ōd, Goth. -ōþu-.

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