-eil

suffix

Diminutive suffix in words of French origin.

OriginFrench -eille ← Middle French -eille ← Old French -eille →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Diminutive suffix in words of French origin.

Origin

  1. Latin-icula
  2. Old French-eille
  3. Middle French-eille
  4. French-eille
  5. English-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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APA

-eil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-eil

MLA

“-eil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-eil. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-eil,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-eil.

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