-el
Old French
suffix
Definitions
- Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -ellus.
Origin
Latin
-ellus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ial English
- -ellus Latin
- -ālis Latin
- extemporalis Latin
- femina Latin
- fūstis Latin
- liber Latin
- oculus Latin
- porculus Latin
- -al German
- -ell German
- -ello Italian
- -al French
- -eau French
- -el French
- -al Spanish, Castilian
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- *-li- Proto-Indo-European
- -al Old French
- -elet Old French
- -et Old French
- -al Catalan, Valencian
- -el Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ales Translingual
- -ala Ido
- -el Norman
- -el Middle French
- -et Middle French
- -al Old Portuguese
- -elo Old Portuguese
- *-ālos Proto-Celtic
- -iello Old Spanish