Morpheme
-ella
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminuative suffix, taxonomic suffix naming bacteria genera
Etymology
Catalan -ella; Latin -ella, from -ellus, variant of -ulus from rebracketing of diminutives (e.g. libellus from liber + -lus, fēmella from fēmina + -la) and diminutives of diminutives (porcellus from porculus + -lus), from -lus
Evidence
Asterella, campanella, Cappella, chlorella, Coccinella, Cinderella, Coccinella, Columbella, columnella, doncella, donzella, Lingulella, novella, orchella, Passerella, rubella, salmonella, Urbanella
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -c(u)le [-cule, -cle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus, -ellum
