Morpheme
-ille
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminutive adjective suffix denoting “provided with, marked by, consisting of”
Etymology
French -iller, -illé; Old French -iller, -illé; Late Latin -iculāre and -ellare; Latin -i- + -culus + -āre and -e- + -lum + -āre
Evidence
pointillism, pointillist
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
