-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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈat.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -attʃo
  • Hyphenation: -àc‧cio

Suffix

-accio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -acci, feminine -accia)

  1. forms pejorative nouns from nouns
    ‎maschio (“male”) + ‎-accio → ‎maschiaccio (“wild boy”)
    ‎ragazzo (“young man”) + ‎-accio → ‎ragazzaccio (“juvenile delinquent”)

Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -accio

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

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