"-eta" meaning in Spanish

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Suffix

Forms: -etas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French -ette and Italian -etta. Doublet of -ita and -eta. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|fr|-ette}} Borrowed from French -ette, {{bor|es|it|-etta}} Italian -etta, {{doublet|es|-ita|-eta}} Doublet of -ita and -eta Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} -eta f (noun-forming suffix, plural -etas)
  1. Alternative form of -ete; forms diminutives from nouns and adjectives, or gives a particularizing sense Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine, morpheme Alternative form of: -ete (extra: forms diminutives from nouns and adjectives, or gives a particularizing sense)
    Sense id: en--eta-es-suffix-sH3FbTwi Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 10 9 1 12 0 0 8 7 8 10 11 11
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      "expansion": "Italian -etta",
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "text": "banca (“bench”) + -eta → banqueta (“footstool, small bench”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "casa (“house”) + -eta → caseta (“hut”)"
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        "Spanish feminine suffixes",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish noun-forming suffixes",
        "Spanish suffixes",
        "Spanish suffixes with red links in their headword lines",
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        "Spanish terms borrowed from Italian",
        "Spanish terms derived from French",
        "Spanish terms derived from Italian"
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          "text": "banca (“bench”) + -eta → banqueta (“footstool, small bench”)"
        },
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