-edo

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "edo"

Esperanto

Etymology

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Suffix

-edo

(zoology) member of taxonomic family named after an animal
- bovo (“head of cattle”); bovedoj (“bovids, the Bovidae family”)
- cervo (“deer”); cervedoj (“cervids, the Cervidae family”)
- homo (“human”); homedoj (“hominids, the Hominidae family”)
- leporo (“rabbit”); leporedoj (“leporids, the Leporidae family”)
- urso (“bear”); ursedoj (“ursids, the Ursidae family”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -edo

Latin

Alternative forms

-īdō

Etymology

See Proto-Indo-European *-Hō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.doː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.do/,

Suffix

-ēdō f (genitive -ēdinis); third declension

suffixed to the roots of adjectives and verbs, chiefly forms abstract nouns
absūmō + -ēdō → absūmēdō

dulcis + -ēdō → dulcēdō

gravis + -ēdō → gravēdō

torpeō + -ēdō → torpēdō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-ēdō	-ēdinēs
genitive	-ēdinis	-ēdinum
dative	-ēdinī	-ēdinibus
accusative	-ēdinem	-ēdinēs
ablative	-ēdine	-ēdinibus
vocative	-ēdō	-ēdinēs

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -edo

Descendants

Old Galician-Portuguese: -een
- Galician: -én

References

“-ēdō” on page 587/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin -ētum.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.du/

Suffix

-edo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -edos)

forms collectives
‎árvore (“tree”) + ‎-edo → ‎arvoredo (“grove”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -edo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ētum.

Suffix

-edo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -edos)

forms collective nouns, most commonly regarding plants
Synonym: -eda

‎haya (“beech”) + ‎-edo → ‎hayedo (“beech wood”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -edo

Further reading

“-edo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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