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Italian
Etymology
The suffix -accio/-accia stems from Latin -aceum/-aceam, the accusative singular of -aceus/-acea.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-accia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -acce, masculine -accio)
- forms pejorative nouns from nouns
- bestia (“beast”) + -accia → bestiaccia (“nasty or ugly beast”)
- lingua (“tongue”) + -accia → linguaccia (“spiteful gossip”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “-accio” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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