-accio

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

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-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[edit]

Italian terms suffixed with -accio

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

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