-etto

See also: etto and etto-

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -et, French -et, Italian -etto, Portuguese -ito/Spanish -ito, all ultimately from Latin -ittum, from -ittus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeto/

Suffix

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-etto

forms nouns from nouns, denoting a diminutive; -et, -ie, -y, -let, -ling
‎hacha (“axe”) + ‎-etto → ‎hachetto (“hatchet”)

‎pacco (“pack, bundle”) + ‎-etto → ‎pacchetto (“packet”)

‎boteca (“shop, store”) + ‎-etta → ‎botechetta (“small shop”)

‎pane (“bread”) + ‎-etto → ‎panetto (“bread roll”)

‎uxor (“wife”) + ‎-etta → ‎uxoretta (“wifie”)

Usage notes

With an animate noun, this suffix refers to a male. The coordinate female suffix is -etta, which is also used with inanimate nouns ending in -a, such as boteca → botechetta above.
This suffix is not to be confused with homophonous -eto (“grove”).

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -etto not found

References

Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Alternative forms

-otto

Etymology

From Late Latin -ittus.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈet.to/
Rhymes: -etto
Hyphenation: -ét‧to

Suffix

-etto (female form -etta)

suffix used to form melioratives, diminutives, and hypocoristics
‎nonno (“grandfather”) + ‎-etto → ‎nonnetto (“grandpa”)

‎cassa (“box”) + ‎-etto → ‎cassetto (“drawer”)

‎bosco (“the woods”) + ‎-etto → ‎boschetto (“grove”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -etto

See also

vezzeggiativo

References

^ “-etto” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

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