"-cito" meaning in Spanish

See -cito in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈθito/, [ˈθi.t̪o], /ˈsito/, [ˈsi.t̪o] Forms: -citos [plural], -cita [feminine], -citas [feminine, plural], -cita [alternative]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Spanish -ito Spanish -cito From -ito. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|-ito<id:diminutive>|id=diminutive suffix|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Spanish -ito Spanish -cito [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-ittus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-ito", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-cito", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="diminutive suffix" data-lang="es" data-title="-cito" id="Spanish:_diminutive_suffix"> From -ito., {{ety|es|-ito<id:diminutive>|id=diminutive suffix|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Spanish -ito Spanish -cito From -ito. Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} -cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos, feminine -cita, feminine plural -citas)
  1. alternative form of -ito Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine, morpheme Alternative form of: -ito Related terms: -cecito, -ecito, -ito
    Sense id: en--cito-es-suffix-9upMl4Ta Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ˈθito/, [ˈθi.t̪o], /ˈsito/, [ˈsi.t̪o] Forms: -citos [plural]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”). Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:der|grc:κύτος<t:vessel, container>|id=cell suffix|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "vessel, container", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κύτος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-cito", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="cell suffix" data-lang="es" data-title="-cito" id="Spanish:_cell_suffix"> Derived from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”)., {{ety|es|:der|grc:κύτος<t:vessel, container>|id=cell suffix|text=+|tree=1}} Derived from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”). Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} -cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos)
  1. (biology) -cyte (forms cell names) Tags: masculine, morpheme Related terms: cito-
    Sense id: en--cito-es-suffix-Hpu-FBS8 Categories (other): Biology, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 40 60 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 44 56 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -cito meaning in Spanish (6.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (f9fe161 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.