Morpheme
-(o)l(e) [-ole, -ol, -le]
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminutive suffix
Etymology
(1) Italian -olo, -ola; Latin -olus, variant of -ulus, from -lus; (2) Latin -olus, -ola, -olum, variant of -ulus, from -lus; (3) Ancient Greek -ōlon
Evidence
arteriolitis, aureole, bronciole, capitol, creole, cupolar, eidolic, eidolism, eidoloscope, escarole, fumarole, gladiole, gloriole, idol, idolism, idolistic, idolization, idolize, idolized, idolizes, idolizing, idols, malleolar, manciple, mancipleship, nucleolar, nucleolic, nucleoliform, nucleoloid, -olar, -olic, -oliform, -oloid, oriole, ostiole, ovariole, pareidolia, pareidolic, Romagnol, scariole, sciolist, tremolando, tremolist, vacciolous, vacuole, vitriol
Notes
not part of the -olent or -olence suffixes
rarely surfaces as -le
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
