Etymology

-ette

Today it means: Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something. Full definition →

Middle English -ette
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-ette · suffix1

  1. Middle English · inherited from-ette
  2. Middle English · inherited from-ette
  3. English today-ette

Inherited from Middle English -ette, borrowed from Old French -ette, from Latin -ittus.

-ette · suffix2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-?
  2. Proto-Germanic*brūnaz
  3. Frankish*brūn
  4. Old Frenchbrun
  5. Old Frenchbrunet
  6. Old Frenchbrunete
  7. Frenchbrunette
  8. Englishbrunettebf.
  9. English today-ette

Back-formation from brunette.

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