Meanings
-ola1
- Used to form the names of several commercial companies and products.
- economicsUsed to form pejorative terms associated with commercial bribery.
- Used to form humorous and pejorative words.
-ola2
- Used to form words relating to oil or oiliness
Origin
-ola · suffix
- Latin-ola
- English-ola
From Latin -ola, -ula, feminine form of -ulus, -lus (diminutive suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →-ola · suffix
- Latinoleum“oil, olive oil”
- English-ola
From Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”).
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Rhymes with -ola
Cite this entry
-ola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ola
“-ola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ola. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ola,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ola.
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