# -ito
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈito]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Hyphenation: i‧to

### Suffix

-ito
* See -it-

## Italian
### Suffix

-ito
* used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -ire verbs

### Anagrams

* tio-, toi

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From -tō, although the appearance of -i- when affixed to first conjugation verbs has not been explained.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /i.toː/, [ɪt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /i.to/, [it̪o] (stressed on antepenult)

#### Suffix

-itō (present infinitive -itāre, perfect active -itāvī, supine -itātum); first conjugation
* Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or from certain adjectives (notably adjectives of the third declension in -is, -alis, and -bilis/-ibilis)

##### Usage notes

Unlike -tō, this suffix is attached to the present stem of the verb. The vowel of the suffix replaces any final vowel of the stem, thus cantā- > cant-itā-. It is often found suffixed to first conjugation verbs, including existing frequentatives in -tō, but some examples from other conjugations also exist, such as agō > agitō.

##### Conjugation

$^1$The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

##### Derived terms

* -titō

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /iː.toː/, [iːt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /i.to/, [it̪o]

#### Suffix

-ītō
* ablative/dative masculine/neuter singular of -ītus

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /i.toː/, [ɪt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /i.to/, [it̪o]

#### Suffix

-itō
* ablative/dative masculine/neuter singular of -itus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.tu/
* Rhymes: -itu

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin -ittus. Doublet of -eto, -ete, and -eta.

#### Suffix

-ito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -itos, feminine -ita, feminine plural -itas)
* -ie (forms diminutives)
    Synonym: -inho

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

Inherited from Latin -ettus.

#### Suffix

-ito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -itos)
* (geology) -ite (forms the names of rocks and minerals)
    Synonyms: -ite, -ita

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈito/ [ˈi.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Syllabification: -i‧to

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin -ittus. Doublet of -ete.

#### Suffix

-ito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -itos, feminine -ita, feminine plural -itas)
* forms diminutives of nouns

##### Derived terms

* -cecito
* -cito
* -ecito

##### Descendants

* Chavacano: -ito
* → Cebuano: -ito
* → Tagalog: -ito

#### See also

* -illo
* -ico
* -ín

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -itos)
* forms names of minerals
    grafito

### Etymology 3
#### Suffix

-ito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -itos)
* (chemistry) forms the name of a salt derived from an acid with a low oxidation number (similar to -ite in English)

### Further reading

* “-ito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ito.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈito/ [ˈiː.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Syllabification: -i‧to

### Suffix

-ito (noun-forming suffix, proper noun-forming suffix, feminine -ita, Baybayin spelling ᜒᜆᜓ)
* used to form diminutives of nouns (in specific words)

#### Derived terms

* Tagalog terms suffixed with -ito bagito charing platito tsinito

#### See also

* -ing
* -oy
* -ay

### Anagrams

* Tio