-ello

ello Ello 'ello eļļõ Italian Alternative forms it -cello -erello Etymology it :inh la:-ellus From it la -ellus. Pronunciation -èllo Suffix m +it diminutive suffixes suffix used to form noun diminutives from nouns (including proper nouns) and sometimes adjectives and verbs, often with a meliorative or hypocoristic sense it paese<t:town, village> paesello<t:small village> it asino<t:donkey> asinello<t:small donkey> it carro<t:wagon, cart> carrello<t:trolley, hopper, etc.> it teppista<t:thug, hoodlum> teppistello<t:young thug> it fortuna<t:luck> fortunello<t:lucky devil> it crusca<t:bran> cruschello<t:fine bran> it sfrontato<t:impudent, shameless> sfontatello<t:brat> it trovato<t:found, discovered> trovatello<t:foundling> it spogliare<t:to strip> spogliarello<t:striptease> 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 it Antonello<t:dear, young or smallish Anthony> Antonelli<t:those (descended from) the smallish or dear man named Anthony> it Giacovello<t:dear, young or smallish Jacob> Giacovelli<t:those descended from the young or dear man named Jacob> it Gianello<t:dear, young or smallish John> Gianelli<t:those descended from "little John" or a dear man named John> Suffix suffix used to form diminutives of adjectives, often with a meliorative or hypocoristic sense it stupido<t:stupid> stupidello<t:silly, goofy> Derived terms it Anagrams it ello olle Latin Suffix la suffix form -ellō la -ellus dat//abl m//n s