-ucc

Morpheme

-ucc

Type

suffix

Denotation

diminutive suffix (meliorative or pejorative)

Etymology

Italian -uccio, -uccia; Vulgar Latin -uc(c)ulus, -(uc)cula, from -(uc)culum; Latin -culus, -cula, -culum

Evidence

cappuccino

See Also

-c(u)le [-cule, -cle], -culus, -cula, -culum

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