Morpheme
-et
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminutive suffix, noun suffix denoting “group of”
Etymology
(1) Old French -et; Middle French -et; Old French -et; Late Latin -ettus, from -ittus; (2) Italian -etto; Late Latin -ittus
Evidence
ballet, blanket, bracelet, bycoket, cabinet, casket, decet, doucet, dulcet, epaulet, gibbet, gullet, islet, Juliet, molleton, muleteer, nonet, octet, packet, pullet, quartet, quintet, rivet, rivulet, septet, sextet, snippet, sucket, swimmeret, tourniquet
Notes
“group” notion developed from diminutive notion
See Also
-ette, -etta, -etto, -etti, -ito
