-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, quantitate, quantitated, quantitates, quantitating, quantitation, quantitative, quantitatively, sanitation, sanitational

Notes

unanalyzable

See Also

-i-, -ty, -ate