-ido

suffix

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”)”

OriginEsperanto -ido →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. 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”)

    3 more examples

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

    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 […

    2023 August 20, u/Christian_Si, Reddit, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2023

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

    2024 February 9, @blazerlazer55, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2024

Origin

  1. Esperanto-ido“offspring”
  2. English-ido

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

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Cite this entry
APA

-ido. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ido

MLA

“-ido.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ido. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ido,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ido.

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