Esperanto

Suffix

-ido

1. offspring
   • amovendistinido: ****
   • ido: child (in the sense of a son or a daughter—of any age)
   • reĝido: prince (the son of a king, of any age).
2. immature animal
   • birdo (bird); birdido (fledgling)
   • bovo (cow); bovido (calf)
   • cervo (deer); cervido (fawn)
   • ĉevalo (horse); ĉevalido (foal)
   • hundo (dog); hundido (puppy)
   • kato (cat); katido (kitten)
   • leono (lion); leonido (lion cub)
   • lupo (wolf); lupido (wolf cub)
   • vulpo (fox); vulpido (fox cub)

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: Ido

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek -ίδης ‎(-ídēs).

Suffix

-ido

1. Used on countries or places to mean a decadent from that place

   Izrael ‎(“Israel”) + ‎-ido → ‎Izraelido ‎(“Israelite”)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the suffix -yuno, which means a young animal, as in bovyuno ‎(“calf”); a young bovo ‎(“bull, cow, ox”).

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese -ido (displacing the more common form -udo), from Latin -ītus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du/

Suffix

-ido

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of 2nd-conjugation (-er) and 3rd-conjugation (-ir) verbs; -ed

   cozer ‎(“to cook”) + ‎-ido → ‎cozido ‎(“cooked”)

   sorrir ‎(“to smile”) + ‎-ido → ‎sorrido ‎(“smiled”)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -idus

Suffix

-ido

1. Suffix indicating the past participle of regular -ir and -er verbs.
2. (chemistry) -ide (member of a group of related compounds or elements)
3. (biology, astronomy) -id

Derived terms

See also

• -ado