-ito

Esperanto

Suffix

-ito

1. See -it-

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Italian

Suffix

-ito

1. Used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -ire verbs

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *-īttus

Suffix

-ito m (feminine -ita plural -itos feminine plural -itas)

1. Substituted for “o” at the end of masculine words and names to denote a diminutive form.

Derived terms

• -cito, -ecito, -ececito

See also

• -illo
• -ico
• -ín

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ito

1. Forms names of minerals.

   Example: grafito

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ito

1. (chemistry) Forms the name of an salt derived from an acid (similar to -ate in English).

Last modified on 8 February 2013, at 00:29