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-eil

-eil suffix: diminutive suffix in words of French origin.

Suffix

-eil

  1. Diminutive suffix in words of French origin.

Origin of -eil

Variant of French -eille, from Middle French -eille, from Old French -eille, -eil, -ele, -eyle, from Latin -icula, from rebracketing of -i- + -culus.

Words formed from -eil

Questions about -eil

What does -eil mean?
-eil means diminutive suffix in words of French origin.
What part of speech is -eil?
-eil is a suffix.

Words near -eil in the dictionary

  1. -een
  2. -eer
  3. -ees
  4. -eezy
  5. -eh
  6. -eil
  7. -ein
  8. -eine
  9. -el
  10. -elect
  11. -elic

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