Morpheme
-el
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminutive suffix
Etymology
(1) Middle English -el; Old English -el and Old French -el; Latin -ellus; (2) from ella; Catalan -ella; Latin -ella
Evidence
chapel, chevronel, lapel, orchel, panel, porcelain, roundel, tonelada, umbrel
See Also
-(u)le [-ule, -le], -elle, -ella
