-ato

Portuguese

suffix
Definitions
  • ship; -ate rank or office
  • age place
  • (chemistry) -ate derivative of a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in m

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -atūs.

Origin

Latin

-atūs

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