-illo

Spanish

suffix

Definitions

Added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive form.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish -iello inherited from Latin -ellus.

Origin

Latin

-ellus

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ellum Latin
-ellus Latin
femina Latin
liber Latin
oculus Latin
porculus Latin
-ello Italian
-eau French
-el Old French
-el Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
-ilyo Tagalog
-el Middle French
-et Middle French
-elo Old Portuguese
-iello Old Spanish