-edo

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-edo

1. (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”)

• -īdō

See Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂-.

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

-ēdō f (genitive -ēdinis); third declension

1. suffixed to the roots of adjectives and verbs, chiefly forms abstract nouns

   absūmō + -ēdō → absūmēdō

   dulcis + -ēdō → dulcēdō

   gravis + -ēdō → gravēdō

   torpeō + -ēdō → torpēdō

Third-declension noun.

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

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

From Latin -ētum.

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

1. forms collectives

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

Inherited from Latin -ētum.

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

1. forms collective nouns, most commonly regarding plants

   Synonym: -eda

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

• “-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