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
pointille, pointillé
Notes
pronounced final <e>
also spelled -illé
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -cula, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo
