-ido

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ido"

English

Etymology

Back-formation from Esperantido, from Esperanto -ido (“offspring”).

Suffix

-ido

1. (conlanging) Attached to the name of a language (typically a constructed language) to denote a conlang derived from or based on that language.

   ‎Volapük + ‎-ido → ‎Volapükido (“conlang derived from Volapük”)

   ‎Toki Pona + ‎-ido → ‎tokiponido (“conlang derived from Toki Pona”)

   • 2023 August 20, u/Christian_Si, r/Esperanto‎^[1] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 19 November 2023:

     In the "Language Samples" section it also has Communicationssprache (1836) – mostly a simplified French; […] and Spelin (1888), which seems to be a thoroughly reformed Volapükido […] .

   • 2024 February 9, @blazerlazer55, X‎^[2] (post), retrieved 6 September 2024:

     at long last, i've completed my tokiponido, "toki pona with penultimate stress"! i'll post the docs shortly after

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ido

Esperantido

tokiponido

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekder.

Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs)

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Proto-Hellenic *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor.

Esperanto -ido

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs). Compare Latin -idae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈido/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: i‧do

Suffix

-ido

1. offspring

   ido (“child”) (in the sense of a son or a daughter—of any age)

   ‎putino (“whore”) + ‎-ido → ‎putinido (“son/daughter of a whore”)

   ‎reĝo (“king”) + ‎-ido → ‎reĝido (“prince”) (the son of a king, of any age)

2. immature animal

   ‎birdo (“bird”) + ‎-ido → ‎birdido (“fledgling”)

   ‎bovo (“cow”) + ‎-ido → ‎bovido (“calf”)

   ‎cervo (“deer”) + ‎-ido → ‎cervido (“fawn”)

   ‎ĉevalo (“horse”) + ‎-ido → ‎ĉevalido (“foal”)

   ‎hundo (“dog”) + ‎-ido → ‎hundido (“puppy”)

   ‎kato (“cat”) + ‎-ido → ‎katido (“kitten”)

   ‎leono (“lion”) + ‎-ido → ‎leonido (“lion cub”)

   ‎lupo (“wolf”) + ‎-ido → ‎lupido (“wolf cub”)

   ‎vulpo (“fox”) + ‎-ido → ‎vulpido (“fox cub”)

   ‎urso (“bear”) + ‎-ido → ‎ursido (“bear cub”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ido

aktiniidoj

alkido

alpakido

anasido

anserido

arbido

birdido

bovido

bufido

cervido

cignido

ĉevalidino

ĉevalido

diablido

erinacido

Esperantido

homido

hundido

ido

Izraelido

kaprido

katido

kokido

kolombido

kuniklido

latinida

leonido

lupido

musido

pingvenido

porkido

putinido

ranido

reĝido

serpentido

sulfido

ŝafido

tigrido

tokiponido

ursido

vulpido

Descendants

• English: Ido

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs).

Suffix

-ido

1. Used on countries or places to mean a descendant 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

Ido terms suffixed with -ido

Izraelido

sulfido

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.do]

Suffix

-īdō f (genitive -īdinis); third declension

1. alternative form of -ēdō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-īdō	-īdinēs
genitive	-īdinis	-īdinum
dative	-īdinī	-īdinibus
accusative	-īdinem	-īdinēs
ablative	-īdine	-īdinibus
vocative	-īdō	-īdinēs

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ido

cupido

formido

libido

Macanese

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin -ītus

Old Galician-Portuguese -ido

Portuguese -idoder.

Macanese -ido

Derived from Portuguese -ido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.du/, (rare) /ˈi.do/

Suffix

-ido

1. participle-forming suffix

   Coordinate term: -ado

   ‎durmí (“to sleep”) + ‎-ido → ‎durmido (“asleep”)

2. adjective-forming suffix

   ‎cholê (“to touch someone to get their attention”) + ‎-ido → ‎cholido (“nosy, interfering”)

Usage notes

• Past participles are often used with ficâ (“to become”).
• Verbs ending in -ê are usually transformed into -ido rather than -edo, consistent with Portuguese participle formation.

Derived terms

Macanese terms suffixed with -ido

cholido

disparecido

durmido

empido

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin -ītus

Old Galician-Portuguese -ido

Portuguese -ido

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ido.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du/ [ˈi.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du/ [ˈi.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du/

Suffix

-ido (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ida, masculine plural -idos, feminine plural -idas)

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

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ido

-ida

comedido

comovido

comprimido

cozido

desconstruído

desenvolvido

dividido

doído

favorecido

fodido

impedido

marido

ocorrido

partido

pedido

proibido

repetido

sentido

tecido

tinido

torcido

travestido

vestido

Spanish

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Latin -itusder.

Spanish -ido

From Latin -itus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈido/ [ˈi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: -i‧do

Suffix

-ido (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ida, masculine plural -idos, feminine plural -idas)

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of regular -ir and -er verbs

See also

• -ado

Suffix

-ido m (noun-forming suffix, plural -idos)

1. creates nouns that describe sounds

   ‎roncar (“to snore”) + ‎-ido → ‎ronquido (“snore”)

2. (chemistry) -ide (member of a group of related compounds or elements)
3. (biology, astronomy) -id

   Alternative form: -́ido

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ido

atrevido

aullido

balido

bebido

bramido

caído

chasquido

chillido

chirrido

comedido

cometido

conocido

controvertido

corrompido

crujido

decidido

desconocido

divertido

dolorido

encendido

entendido

enyegüecido

escondido

escupido

estallido

fingido

gemido

graznido

hipido

ingrido

jipido

malentendido

manido

maullido

mustélido

ofendido

ofrecido

ponido

presumido

quejido

recorrido

repetido

resabido

revenido

rompido

ronquido

sentido

silbido

sometido

sorprendido

suido

tejido

teñido

tíngido

tosido

zumbido

Further reading

• “-ido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025