-ete

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See also ete, été, and -eté

Contents

1 Italian
- 1.1 Suffix
2 Old French
- 2.1 Suffix
  - 2.1.1 Descendants
3 Spanish
- 3.1 Etymology
- 3.2 Suffix
  - 3.2.1 Derived terms

Italian [edit]

Suffix [edit]

-ete

Used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -ere verbs

Old French [edit]

Suffix [edit]

-ete

-ette, diminutive suffix

Descendants [edit]

English: -ette
French: -ette

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French -et and -eta from French -ette.

Suffix [edit]

-ete (feminine counterpart -eta)

Added to nouns and adjectives that often adds a diminutive sense to the base.

Example: juguete

Derived terms [edit]

Synymous Spanish suffixes: -cete, -ceta

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