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
