"-ete" meaning in Spanish

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Suffix

Forms: -etes [plural], -eta [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. Spanish -ete Borrowed from French -et. Doublet of -ito. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:bor|fr:-et|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. Spanish -ete [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "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" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-ittus", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-et", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-ete", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="-ete"> Borrowed from French -et., {{doublet|es|-ito}} Doublet of -ito Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} -ete m (noun-forming suffix, plural -etes)
  1. forms diminutives from nouns and adjectives, or gives a particularizing sense Tags: masculine, morpheme Synonyms: -cete, -ceta

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Spanish noun-forming suffixes",
        "Spanish suffixes",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from French",
        "Spanish terms derived from French",
        "Spanish terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Middle French",
        "Spanish terms derived from Old French",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic"
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          "type": "example"
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          "type": "example"
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Download raw JSONL data for -ete meaning in Spanish (3.8kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
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  "subsection": "suffix",
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