-atsuffix

Primary stress is not attracted to this suffix, and in some words the vowel in the suffix may be reduced; see e.g. professoriat n.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -at; Latin -at.

Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < Middle French, French -at (in e.g. concordat concordat n., secrétariat Secretariat n.) < classical Latin -ātus -ate suffix¹; and partly (in sense 2) < classical Latin -at, 3rd person singular present ending of verbs of the first conjugation.

1. The original form of -ate suffix¹, surviving in a number of words, as commissariat (1), concordat, diplomat, format, quadrat, secretariat (also -ate). Most of these are loanwords from French.

2. Representing the 3rd person singular present tense ending of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, as ægrotat, habitat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-at
释义	-atsuffix Primary stress is not attracted to this suffix, and in some words the vowel in the suffix may be reduced; see e.g. professoriat n. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -at; Latin -at. Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < Middle French, French -at (in e.g. concordat concordat n., secrétariat Secretariat n.) < classical Latin -ātus -ate suffix¹; and partly (in sense 2) < classical Latin -at, 3rd person singular present ending of verbs of the first conjugation. 1. The original form of -ate suffix¹, surviving in a number of words, as commissariat (1), concordat, diplomat, format, quadrat, secretariat (also -ate). Most of these are loanwords from French. 2. Representing the 3rd person singular present tense ending of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, as ægrotat, habitat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < suffix
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