-acellus

Morpheme

-acellus

Type

suffix

Denotation

diminutive suffix corresponding to -ax and -ace words

Etymology

Latin -ācis + -ellus, from -āx and from rebracketing of diminutives (e.g. libellus from liber +‎ -lus, fēmella from fēmina +‎ -la) and diminutives of diminutives (porcellus from porculus +‎ -lus), variant of -ulus

Evidence

tenacellus

See Also

-ax, -ace, -ace, -ellus