-acchio

Italian Etymology it la -āculum. Partly from the Latin instrument noun suffix la -culum in cases where it was attached to first-conjugation verb stems ending in -ā-. Partly from the Latin diminutive suffix it la -ulus in cases where it was attached to noun stems ending in -āc- (e.g. la loquāculus ← la loquāx). Pronunciation Suffix mit diminutive suffixes used to derive nouns with an instrumental connotation it spaurare spauracchio to scare scarecrow used to derive nouns with a diminutive connotation it orso orsacchio bear young or small bear Suffix used to derive adjectives with an attenuative connotation it verde verdacchio green greenish Derived terms it -acchiare it -acchiotto it Anagrams it acchio aocchi