suffix
1Forming names of appliances or instruments.
‘bridle’- ‘thimble’
2Forming names of animals and plants.
- ‘beetle’
Origin
Old English, of Germanic origin.
suffix
(also -el)
Forming nouns having or originally having a diminutive sense.
‘mantle’- ‘battle’
- ‘castle’
Origin
Middle English -el, -elle, partly from Old English and partly from Old French (based on Latin forms).
suffix
(forming adjectives from an original verb) apt to; liable to.
‘brittle’- ‘nimble’
Origin
Middle English from earlier -el, of Germanic origin.
suffix
Forming verbs, chiefly those expressing repeated action or movement (as in babble, dazzle), or having diminutive sense (as in nestle).
Origin
Old English -lian, of Germanic origin.
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