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
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -c(u)le [-cule, -cle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -cula, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo
