Where does “-étto” come from?
-étto (Ligurian) comes from Latin -ittum, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
-étto (Ligurian): Used to form diminutives of nouns
Definitions
- Used to form diminutives of nouns
Ancestry of “-étto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | -ittum | — |
| 2 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “-étto”