Etymology

-rel

Today it means: pejorative suffix Full definition →

Middle English -rel ← Old French -erel
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The story

  1. Old French · derived from-erel
  2. Middle English · inherited from-rel
  3. English today-rel

From Middle English -rel, -erel, from Old French -erel, -erelle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.