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-cito
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Appendix:Variations of "cito"
Italian
Pronunciation
^ì
Suffix
m
it -cita -cyte
Derived terms
it
Anagrams
it ciot coti
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :der grc:κύτος<t:vessel, container> + 1
Suffix
m
pt biology -cyte forms cell names
Derived terms
pt
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
es diminutive suffix -ito<id:diminutive> + 1
Alternative forms
es -cita f
Suffix
m +es diminutive suffixes
es -ito
es pan bread panecito bun, roll
es pobre poor pobrecito poor thing
es papá dad papacito daddy
Usage notes
Added to masculine words and names to denote a diminutive form. It occurs especially with words ending in a consonant or a vowel other than -o, and does not delete the final vowel (contrast with es -ito, which is added in place of a vowel that gets deleted).
Related terms
es -ito -ecito -cecito
Etymology 2
es cell suffix :der grc:κύτος<t:vessel, container> + 1
Suffix
m
es biology -cyte forms cell names
Related terms
es cito-
Derived terms
es
Further reading