-edo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From translingual -idae, modified to avoid homophony with -ido. === 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 ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === -īdō === Etymology === See Proto-Indo-European *-Hō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.do] === Suffix === -ēdō f (genitive -ēdinis); third declension suffixed to the roots of adjectives and verbs, chiefly forms abstract nouns absūmō (“I consume”) + -ēdō → absūmēdō (“consumption”) dulcis (“sweet; kind”) + -ēdō → dulcēdō (“sweetness; kindness”) gravis (“heavy, grave”) + -ēdō → gravēdō (“cold in the head”) torpeō (“I am stiff, inert”) + -ēdō → torpēdō (“stiffness, lethargy; torpedo fish”) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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 === === Suffix === -edo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -edos) forms collectives ‎árvore (“tree”) + ‎-edo → ‎arvoredo (“grove”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-edo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == 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 ==== === Further reading === “-edo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025