-iello

Old Spanish Etymology osp diminutive :inh la:-ellus<id:diminutive> From osp la -ellus -ellum. Pronunciation osp /ˈ-jeʎo/ Suffix osp suffix feminine -iella added to masculine nouns and adjectives A diminutive suffix. Usage notes Some Old Spanish terms apparently suffixed with osp -iello may actually be direct descendants of Latin diminutives formed with la -ellus, and will therefore not have a corresponding non-diminutive form: osp castiello castle, from la castellum, not a diminutive of *casto osp cuchiello knife, from Latin la cultellus, not a diminutive of *cucho osp martiello hammer, from Latin la martellus, not a diminutive of *marto Derived terms osp Descendants es -illo osp diminutive suffixes