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English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “shortening of ketone”)
Suffix
-one
- a ketone
- any similar compound containing a carbonyl functional group
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin -ōnem.
Cognate to Spanish -ón, Portuguese -ão and French -on.
Suffix
-one m (plural -oni, feminine -ona, feminine plural -one)
- suffix used to form augmentatives
- ragazzo (“boy”) + -one → ragazzone (“big boy”)
- padre (“father”) + -one → padrone (“boss”)
- bacio (“kiss”) + -one → bacione (“big kiss”)
- added mostly to verbs to create nouns denoting, "one who often does" or "one who is characterized by"; -er; -or
- dormire (“to sleep”) + -one → dormiglione (“sleepyhead”)
- mangiare (“to eat”) + -one → mangione (“big eater”)
- fare nulla (“to do nothing”) + -one → fannullone (“loafer”)
- plural of -ona
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Etymology 2
Suffix
-one m (plural -oni)
- (organic chemistry) ketone
- (physics) -on
- (biology, genetics) -on
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References
- ^ “-one” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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Latin
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ōne m
- ablative singular of -ō
Latvian
Etymology
From -onis (“-er”) + -e (fem.).
Suffix
-one
- female equivalent of -onis
- Synonyms: -āja, -ēja, -niece
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