Morpheme
-at(e) [-ate, -at]
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) noun suffix denoting “office, rank, or person characterized by an action or quality” or “action or a result of an action”; (2) verb suffix denoting “cause, make, or perform an action”; (3) adjective suffix denoting “having, characterized by, or pertaining to a state or quality”; (4) chemical suffix for derivatives of specified elements or compounds; (5) chemical suffix for naming a salt or ester of acetic acid
Etymology
(1) Latin -ātus, -ātum, -āta; (2) Latin -ātiō, -atiōnis, -atiōnem when followed by -ion; (3) French -at; Latin -ātus, -ātum, -āta
Evidence
acetate, acolytate, acrylate, activate, aerate, affectionate, -ation, bicarbonate, borate, carbonate, chlorate, chromate, citrate, cyanate, desolate, formate, formulate, graticulate, homeostatic, hydrate, inflate, lactate, legitimate, metastatic, minatory, moderate, muscat, nitrate, oxalate, palmate, phonate, phosphate, primate, senate, senator, separate, silicate, state, static, sulfate, tabulate, thorate, urinate, verbate
Doublet
-ee
See Also
-ate, -ado, It(e) [Ite, It], -et(e) [-ete, -et], -ute, -atum, -ati, -ee, -ion
