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diminutive

Word formed from another to express reduction in size or importance, or affection.



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In this instance, this surname derives from the personal name "Kosty, Kost", and the Ukrainian diminutive suffix "uk".
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mysteries of contemporary English historical linguistics is the origin of the diminutive suffix -y, -ie, which first appeared during the Middle English Period.
On the origin of the English diminutive suffix -y, -ie by Shields, Kenneth, Jr. / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
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