-ucc

Morpheme

-ucc

Type

suffix

Denotation

diminutive suffix (meliorative or pejorative)

Etymology

Italian -uccio, -uccia; Vulgar Latin -uc(c)ulus, -(uc)cula, from -(uc)culum; Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus

Evidence

cappuccino