Italian

Suffix

-uccio

1. Diminutive suffix used to form adjectives and nouns. Usually benign, loving, affectionate, or friendly diminutive suffix. However, it can have patronizing or pejorative connotations when attached to specific words. For example: femminuccia, from femmina, or medicuccio, from medico.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (When used as a diminutive): -ino and -cino
• -ello and -cello
• -etto
• -uzzo

References

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