The origin of the name " pimpernel " comes from " pympernele " [ 1400 50 ]; late Middle English, derived from Middle French pimprenelle, Old French piprenelle; Vulgar Latin * piper + nella = Latin piper pepper +-+ n-- ine +-ella diminutive suffix.
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The word tramezzino was invented by Gabriele D'Annunzio as a replacement for the English word " sandwich ", being easier to pronounce and a completely Italian term ( albeit a neologism ) . " Tramezzino " sounds like " in-between ", with the addition of the diminutive suffix "-ino ".
43.
:The The Adventures of Pinocchio page says : " Pinocchio is from Latin p + nus, " pine " ( Italian pino ), and the diminutive suffix-uculum ( Italian-occhio ) . " That page also discounts the theory given on the Pinocchio page, that the name means " pine eye ".
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There are also four nasal vowels, often occurring in the final syllable of nouns with diminutive suffixes or words with a diminutive connotation; orthographically the long vowel is followed by word-final to indicate that the vowel is nasal, but the use of is an orthographic convention and does not correspond to an independent segment.
45.
The word " faol�n " is derived from the Old Irish word " fael�n " meaning a small wolf;'- �n'being of the diminutive suffix in Irish . " ?" ( anglicised as " O'" ) derives from the Old Irish " �a ", meaning " grandson ", or more figuratively " patrilineal descendent ".
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In 1961, the prize took its present name, which involves a play on words . Premiolino can be translated as " little prize " ( or prizelet ), the diminutive suffix lino intended to convey the award s unpretentious nature; but lino also means linen and refers to the sponsor s household linen range.
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For this purpose, the " stem " includes any morphological suffixes ( e . g . a diminutive suffix ), but not generally on the inflectional suffix that indicates the word class ( e . g . the "--" of feminine " "-stem nouns ), which is considered part of the ending.
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The well-known word, ( vodka ), has the suffix, "-ka ", which is not a diminutive, but formative, the word has a different meaning ( not water, but a drink ) and has its own diminutive suffix-ochka : ( vodochka ) is an affectionate name of vodka ( compare voda-vodichka ).
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Plural diminished nouns take-s ending : Jungkjes, Mejalkjes; however, if the original plural requires fronting of a back vowel or has an "'- a "'ending, these features are retained before adding the diminutive suffix : de Stool, de Steela-- > daut Stoolkje, de Steelakjes ( chair / s, little chair / s)
50.
Checking Webster's Third New International ( 1961 ) once again, I confess that I finally DID find'thelion', given as New Latin from Greek thele and New Latin-ion, a diminutive suffix, and defined as " the central point of the nipple . " So I must recant on the basis of neologism or hoax, but I do continue to question on the basis of notability.
