-ello

== Italian == === Alternative forms === -cello, -erello === Etymology === From Latin -ellus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛl.lo/ Rhymes: -ɛllo Hyphenation: -èl‧lo === Suffix === -ello m (noun-forming suffix, plural -elli, feminine -ella) suffix used to form noun diminutives from nouns (including proper nouns) and sometimes adjectives and verbs, often with a meliorative or hypocoristic sense ‎paese (“town, village”) + ‎-ello → ‎paesello (“small village”) ‎asino (“donkey”) + ‎-ello → ‎asinello (“small donkey”) ‎carro (“wagon, cart”) + ‎-ello → ‎carrello (“trolley, hopper, etc.”) ‎teppista (“thug, hoodlum”) + ‎-ello → ‎teppistello (“young thug”) ‎fortuna (“luck”) + ‎-ello → ‎fortunello (“lucky devil”) ‎crusca (“bran”) + ‎-ello → ‎cruschello (“fine bran”) ‎sfrontato (“impudent, shameless”) + ‎-ello → ‎sfontatello (“brat”) ‎trovato (“found, discovered”) + ‎-ello → ‎trovatello (“foundling”) ‎spogliare (“to strip”) + ‎-ello → ‎spogliarello (“striptease”) this suffix was often pluralized in the formation of Italian surnames, in this case indicating a progenitor who was either endearing, the youngest of two or more with the same name, a man of small stature, or ironically a man of very large stature ‎Antonello (“dear, young or smallish Anthony”) + ‎-ello → ‎Antonelli (“those (descended from) the smallish or dear man named Anthony”) ‎Giacovello (“dear, young or smallish Jacob”) + ‎-ello → ‎Giacovelli (“those descended from the young or dear man named Jacob”) ‎Gianello (“dear, young or smallish John”) + ‎-ello → ‎Gianelli (“those descended from "little John" or a dear man named John”) === Suffix === -ello (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ella, masculine plural -elli, feminine plural -elle) suffix used to form diminutives of adjectives, often with a meliorative or hypocoristic sense ‎stupido (“stupid”) + ‎-ello → ‎stupidello (“silly, goofy”) === Derived terms === === Anagrams === olle == Latin == === Suffix === -ellō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ellus