# -ato
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈato/

### Suffix

-ato
* See -at-

## Interlingua
### Etymology

Borrowed from English -ate, French -ate, Italian -ato, Portuguese -ato/Portuguese -ado/Spanish -ato/Spanish -ado, all from Latin -ātus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈato/

### Suffix

-ato
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting a status, jurisdiction or period of office; -ate, -dom, -cy, -ship
    ‎duce (“duke”) + ‎-ato → ‎ducato (“duchy, dukedom”)
    ‎episcoppo (“bishop”) + ‎-ato → ‎episcopato (“bishopric, episcopate”)
    ‎capitano (“capitain”) + ‎-ato → ‎capitanato (“capitaincy”)
    ‎discipulo (“disciple”) + ‎-ato → ‎discipulato (“discipleship”)

#### Usage notes

* This suffix is not to be confused with -ata (“-ful”).

#### Derived terms
### References

* Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.to/
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: -à‧to

### Etymology 1

From Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos.

#### Suffix

-ato (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ati, feminine plural -ate)
* used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -are verbs

#### Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ati)
* a rank or office; -ate, -hood, -ship, -cy
    ‎apprendista (“apprentice”) + ‎-ato → ‎apprendistato (“apprenticeship”)
    ‎priore (“prior”, noun) + ‎-ato → ‎priorato (“priorate, office of a prior”)

#### Suffix

-ato (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ati, feminine plural -ate)
* forms adjectives having or resembling the specified thing
    ‎lobo (“lobe”) + ‎-ato → ‎lobato (“lobate, having lobes”)
    ‎palmo (“palm (of the hand)”) + ‎-ato → ‎palmato (“palmate, resembling a palm”)

#### Derived terms
### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ati)
* (chemistry) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ico; -ate
    ‎nitrico (“nitric”) + ‎-ato → ‎nitrato (“nitrate”)

### Anagrams

* tao

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.toː/, [ˈäːt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.to/, [ˈäːt̪o]

### Etymology 1
#### Suffix

-ātō
* second/third-person singular future active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ātō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ātus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātus. Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

### Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -atos)
* -ship; -ate (rank or office)
    Synonym: -ado
* -age (place)
* (chemistry) -ate (derivative of a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ico)

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ātus (past participle suffix). Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

#### Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -atos, feminine -ata, feminine plural -atas)
* forms an institution from a noun stem
    ‎huérfano (“orphan”) + ‎-ato → ‎orfanato (“orphanage”)
* forms the corresponding action of a noun
    ‎asesino (“assassin”) + ‎-ato → ‎asesinato (“assassination”)
* indicates a baby of a specific animal
    ‎ballena (“whale”) + ‎-ato → ‎ballenato (“baby whale”)
* forms adjectives of quality
    ‎nuevo (“new”) + ‎-ato → ‎novato (“unexperienced”)
* denotes the office of a noun stem
    ‎cardenal (“(Catholic) cardinal”) + ‎-ato → ‎cardenalato (“cardinalate, office of the cardinal”)
    ‎Fujimori (surname of the former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori) + ‎-ato → ‎fujimorato (“time period when Alberto Fujimori was in office”)

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -atos)
* (chemistry) -ate (designates a salt or ester related to an acid)

### Further reading

* “-ato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-ato]

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* -to, -cho (allomorphs)

#### Suffix

-ato
* Forms nouns from adverbs, adverbial verb forms, and postpositions, typically with the sense of ‘one that (is) …’, ‘one that has the quality of …’.

##### Usage notes

When attaching to a final vowel e, this suffix takes the form -ato, with the first vowel replacing the e; when attaching to i, it takes the form -cho; in all other circumstances it takes the form -to.

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From -a (recent/distant past imperfective suffix) +‎ -to (plural verb suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* -kato, -yato (allomorphs)

#### Suffix

-ato
* Forms the plural of the recent past imperfective tense when the arguments of the verb are first- or second-person.

##### Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction. The suffix takes the form -kato when the preceding syllable is reducible and has an onset of k, -yato when the preceding syllable ends in i, and -ato in other contexts.

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ato”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 138–140, 213–222
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 302