Etymology

-eil

Today it means: Diminutive suffix in words of French origin. Full definition →

French -eille ← Middle French -eille ← Old French -eille
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  1. Latin · derived from-icula
  2. Old French · derived from-eille
  3. Middle French · derived from-eille
  4. French · derived from-eille
  5. English today-eil

Variant of French -eille, from Middle French -eille, from Old French -eille, -eil, -ele, -eyle, from Latin -icula, from rebracketing of -i- + -culus.

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