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Latin
Suffix
-ēle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -ēlis
Middle English
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ele
- Alternative form of -al
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ele
- Alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin -ellam, accusative of -ella.
Suffix
-ele
- diminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns
Synonyms
Descendants
- French: -elle
- Middle English: -el (diminutive), -le (in part)
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian -lia, from Proto-West Germanic *-lōn, from Proto-Germanic *-lōną. Cognates include Dutch -elen and German -eln.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ele (type 2 form -elje)
- Used to form verbs denoting repetition.
Derived terms