Where does “giovincello” come from?

giovincello (Italian) comes from Italian -cello, from Latin -cellus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

giovincello (Italian): Diminutive of giovine: a young lad

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of giovine: a young lad

Ancestry of “giovincello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-celloVariation of -ello for terms ending in "-n",...
2Latin-cellus—
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Italian -cello →