diminutive的词源

英文词源

diminutive (adj.)

in grammar, late 14c. (also as a noun, "derivative word denoting a small or inferior example of what is meant by the word it is derived from"), from Old French diminutif (14c.), from Latin diminutivus, earlier deminutivus, from past participle stem of deminuere (see diminish).

中文词源

diminutive：小型的，昵称的

词根词缀： di-(= de- )减少 + -min-小 + -ute(e略)形容词词尾 + -ive形容词词尾

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