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- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑποκοριστικός
- English todayhypocoristic
From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.