Morpheme
-il
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminutive suffix
Etymology
Italian -ello; Latin -ellus, 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
archil, bulbil, fibril, orchil, pupil
Homographs
il-, il-, -(i)l(e) [-ile, -il, -le], -il(e) [-ile, -il], Il(l) [Ill, Il]
