Talk:-ate
Can the English "-ate" meanings please be distinguished in whether they are pronounced [eɪt] as in concentrate or [ət] as in senate? --AndreRD (talk) 13:43, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
pronunciation
editThis suffix offers a great repertory of pronunciations none of which are yet explained --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:57, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
categories
editCategories should be made to differentiate the four Etymology sections instead of a single
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Seeking examples for "(in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing"; as pointed out in an {{attn}}, the one example cited (apostate) "is a poor example - it's a whole Greek word, not a derivative of some word "apost"
". - -sche (discuss) 17:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @-sche, could an advocate advocatus (one who calls to/one who is called for) or candidate candidatus (one who is characterised by shining white) be similar to what you're looking for? The root words (in English) aren't close to what they meant in their original language so I'm not sure if they are quite analysable in this format. I'm not a linguist, so of course, these suggestions may be entirely incorrect. 31.205.18.28 05:13, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
- No...? Because advocate is still a word that was derived intact from Latin; Latin is where -atus was added to advoco; English didn't add *-ate to *advoc. - -sche (discuss) 21:11, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
- Well, in the absence of examples/cites after several months, RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 03:37, 14 June 2024 (UTC)