-eto
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian -eto, from Latin -ētum.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
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-eto
- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a grove of trees; grove
- pino (“pine”) + -eto → pineto (“pine grove”)
- orangiero (“orange tree”) + -eto → orangiereto (“orange grove”)
Usage notes edit
- This is not to be confused with homophonous -etto, a diminutive suffix.
Derived terms edit
Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -eto not found
Related terms edit
- -iero (“tree”)
References edit
- Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin -ētum. Cognate to French -aie.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-eto m
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Suffix edit
-ētō
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian -etto, from Late Latin -ittus. Doublet of -ito, -ete, and -eta.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -etu
Suffix edit
-eto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -etos)
- diminutive suffix most commonly found in words loaned from Italian; -ette; -let; -et
- consisting of N elements; the stem is usually an ordinal adapted from Italian, a Latinate prefix or, less commonly, a cardinal; -et
- (inorganic chemistry) -ide (binary compound of a nonmetal)
- sulfeto de zinco ― zinc sulfide