Old Spanish

Suffix

-iello ‎(feminine -iella)

1. (added to masculine 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:

• castiello ‎(“castle”), from Latin castellum, not a diminutive of *casto
• cuchiello ‎(“knife”), from Latin cultellus, not a diminutive of *cucho
• martiello ‎(“hammer”), from Latin martellus, not a diminutive of *marto

Derived terms

Descendants

• Spanish: -illo