-itate

Morpheme

-itate

Type

suffix

Denotation

verb suffix that corresponds to -ty words

Etymology

suffixal construction from -i- + -ty + -ate

Evidence

authoritative, authoritatively, gravitate, gravitated, gravitates, gravitating, gravitation, gravitational, gravitationally, levitate, levitated, levitates, levitating, levitation, levitational, levitationally, levitator, necessitate, necessitated, necessitates, necessitating, necessitation, sanitation, sanitational

Notes

unanalyzable

See Also

-i-, -ty, -ate