-ello

Meaning

1. (masculine, morpheme) suffix used to form noun diminutives from nouns (including proper nouns) and sometimes adjectives and verbs, often with a meliorative or hypocoristic sense
2. (masculine, morpheme) this suffix was often pluralized in the formation of Italian surnames, in this case indicating a progenitor who was either endearing, the youngest of two or more with the same name, a man of small stature, or ironically a man of very large stature

Concepts

-ling

Synonyms

-etto

-ino

-ina

-ella

-etta

Translations

-chen

-lein

-ling

-erl

-ette

-in

-ine

-et

-je

-pje

-tje

-ling

-inho

-inha

-ito

Hyphenated as

-èl‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛl.lo/

Etymology

From Latin -ellus.