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Where does “-aillon” come from?

-aillon (French) comes from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

-aillon (French): Forming masculine nouns with diminutive or...

Definitions

  1. Forming masculine nouns with diminutive or...

Ancestry of “-aillon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-onForming diminutives of things, including some...
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-aillon”

  • avocaillon
  • écrivaillon
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