-ata
a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, forming nouns used especially in names of zoological groups:
vertebrata.
-ata2
a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from greek:
stomata.
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- -ate
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, its english distribution paralleling that of latin. the form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). the resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be […]
- -ateria
-ateria suffix used to form nouns (variations: -teria or -eria or -eteria) place or establishment where the indicated thing is done or sold: bookateria/ caviarteria
- -athon
a suffix extracted from marathon, occurring as the final element in compounds which have the general sense “an event, as a sale or contest, drawn out to unusual length, often until a prearranged goal, as the contribution of a certain amount of money, is reached”: walkathon; readathon . also, -a-thon, -thon.
- -atic
suffix of the nature of the thing specified problematic word origin from french -atique, from greek -atikos
- -ation
a combination of -ate1. and -ion, used to form nouns from stems in -ate1, (separation); on this model, used independently to form nouns from stems of other origin: starvation. -ation suffix indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result arbitration, cogitation, hibernation, moderation compare -ion, -tion word origin from latin -ātiōn-, suffix of abstract nouns, […]