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-etto

-etto

See also: etto and etto-

Italian

Suffix

-etto (female form -etta)

  1. Used to form the diminutive of nouns (and sometimes adjectives), often with an emotional connotation.

Derived terms

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References

  1. “-etto” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2