suffix
Forming nouns which were originally diminutives.
‘baronet’- ‘hatchet’
- ‘tablet’
Origin
From Old French -et, -ete.
suffix
(also -ete)
Forming nouns such as comet, and often denoting people.
‘athlete’- ‘poet’
Origin
From Greek -ētēs.
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