Old Spanish

Suffix

-iella ‎(masculine -iello)

1. (added to feminine nouns and adjectives) A diminutive suffix.

Usage notes

Some Old Spanish terms apparently suffixed with -iello may actually be direct descendants of Latin diminutives formed with -ellus, and will therefore not have a corresponding non-diminutive form:

• manziella ‎(“blemish”), from Late Latin macella, not a diminutive of *manza

Derived terms

Descendants

• Spanish: -illa