Morpheme
-eil
Type
suffix
Denotation
Anglicized French diminutive suffix
Etymology
Anglicization of -eille, from French -eille; Middle French -eille; Old French -eille, -eil, -ele, -eyle; Latin -icula from -i- + -cula, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus
Evidence
corbeil, corbeils
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -cula, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo
