-ele

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ele"

Latin

Suffix

-ēle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -ēlis

Middle English

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ele

1. Alternative form of -al

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ele

1. Alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix)

Old French

Alternative forms

• -elle

Etymology

From Latin -ellam, accusative of -ella.

Suffix

-ele

1. diminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns

Synonyms

• -ete

Descendants

• French: -elle
• Middle English: -el (diminutive), -le (in part)
  • English: -le
  • Scots: -le

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian -lia, from Proto-West Germanic *-lōn, from Proto-Germanic *-lōną. Cognates include Dutch -elen and German -eln.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ələ/

Suffix

-ele (type 2 form -elje)

1. Used to form verbs denoting repetition.

Derived terms

Saterland Frisian terms suffixed with -ele