-ate

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (morpheme) forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
2. (morpheme) forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
3. (morpheme) forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"

Sinonieme

ate

Vertalings

-âtre

-ate

-atus

-ato

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ət/

Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs and forming participial adjectives from nouns. Before a suffix, introduced in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see generate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten, see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed.