-tudo

See also: tudo, tudó, tüdő, and tự do

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tu- + -d- + *-h₃onh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek -σῠ́νη (-súnē) and -δών (-dṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.doː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.do/, [ˈtuː.do]

Suffix

-tūdō f (genitive -tūdinis); third declension

1. -itude, -ness; used to form abstract nouns indicating a state or condition.

Usage notes

• The suffix -tūdō is added to an adjective to form an abstract third declension feminine noun indicating a state or condition.

Examples:

• magnitūdō (“greatness”), from magnus (“great”)
• mollitūdō (“softness”), from mollis (“soft”)

• The related suffix -dō also forms abstract nouns of state, but is added to verb or participle stems. The resulting nouns often end in -tūdō as a result of the verb stem interaction with -dō.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-tūdō	-tūdinēs
Genitive	-tūdinis	-tūdinum
Dative	-tūdinī	-tūdinibus
Accusative	-tūdinem	-tūdinēs
Ablative	-tūdine	-tūdinibus
Vocative	-tūdō	-tūdinēs

Synonyms

• (-itude): -dō, -ia, -itia, -tās

Derived terms

► Latin words suffixed with -tudo

Descendants

• English: -itude
• French: -tume (inherited), -itude (borrowing)
  • German: -itüde (in a few loan words from French)
• Italian: -itudine

• Old Portuguese: -idõe
  • Portuguese: -idão (inherited), -itude (borrowing)
• Romanian: -itudine
• Spanish: -dumbre (inherited), -itud (borrowing), -itúdine (borrowing)