-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

-etto

1. 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 -ittum.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-etto (female form -etta)

1. 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