-accio

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

Italian

Etymology

The suffix -accio/-accia stems from Latin -aceum/-aceam[1], the accusative singular of -aceus/-acea.

Suffix

-accio m (f -accia)

  1. Alterative suffix used to form pejoratives.
    ‎maschio (“male”) + ‎-accio → ‎maschiaccio (“wild boy”)
    ‎ragazzo (“young man”) + ‎-accio → ‎ragazzaccio (“juvenile delinquent”)

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