Morpheme
-illa
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminuative suffix denoting “of” (plural -illae)
Etymology
(1) Latin -illa, -illus, from rebracketing of diminutive suffix -lus; (2) Spanish -illa; Old Spanish -iella; Latin -ellam, from -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
cabrilla, chinchilla, flotilla, guerrilla, hydrilla, orchilla, rachilla, rhachilla, seguidilla, tortilla
Notes
<ll> spells [j] in loanwords directly from Spanish
