-otto
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a variant of -etto, or from Vulgar Latin *-ottum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-otto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -otti, feminine -otta)
-otto (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -otta, masculine plural -otti, feminine plural -otte)
- suffix used to form diminutives, especially with an endearing connotation
- giovane + -otto → giovanotto (“young man”)
- suffix used to form pejoratives
- Synonym: -accio
- contadino (“farmer”) + -otto → contadinotto (“peasant”)
- used to form demonyms and demonymic adjectives
Usage notes
[edit]- The diminutive and pejorative senses of the suffix sometimes overlap.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- -otto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtto
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtto/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian suffixes
- Italian noun-forming suffixes
- Italian countable suffixes
- Italian masculine suffixes
- Italian adjective-forming suffixes
- Italian diminutive suffixes
- Italian pejorative suffixes