-ado
/ˈɑːdəʊ/ /ˈeɪdəʊ/suffix
Forming nouns such as bravado, desperado. Compare with -ade3.
Origin
From Spanish and Portuguese -ado, or refashioning of Italian -ata, Spanish -ada, based on Latin -atus (past participial suffix of verbs ending in -are).
- lower-middlebrow
- lower middle class
- lowermost
- pointsman
- point something out
- point something up
- point source
- point-sphere
- point spread
- point-spread function
- points rationing
- points system
- points value
- points victory
- points win
- point system
- point taken
- point the bone at
- point the finger
- point tool
- point-to-point
- point-to-pointer
- point-to-pointing
- point triplet
- point value