-edo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "edo"

Esperanto

Etymology

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Suffix

-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”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -edo

Latin

Alternative forms

• -īdō

Etymology

See Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂-.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-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

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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.du/ [ˈe.ðu]

Suffix

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

1. 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)

1. 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28