Where does “-ette” come from?

-ette (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-ette (Hungarian): Used to form the third-person singular past tense...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the third-person singular past tense...

Ancestry of “-ette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
2Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
3Proto-West Germanic-jā—
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-ette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -é →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jā →