-accio

See also: accio, acció, àccio, acciò, and Áccio

Italian

Etymology

    From Latin -aceum/-aceam,[1] the accusative singular of -aceus/-acea. Doublet of -azzo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈat.t͡ʃo/
    • Rhymes: -attʃo
    • Hyphenation: -àc‧cio

    Suffix

    -accio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -acci, feminine -accia, feminine plural -acce)

    1. forms pejorative nouns from nouns
      maschio (male) + ‎-accio → ‎maschiaccio (wild boy)
      ragazzo (young man) + ‎-accio → ‎ragazzaccio (juvenile delinquent)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Esperanto: -aĉ-

    References

    1. ^ -accio” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

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