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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: hypocoristic #119971 01/16/04 01:20 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Pepino comes from Latin pepo, peponis 'large melon, pumpkin'. Besides the diminutive suffix -ito, there's the augmentative suffixes (usually with pejorative meaning) -on, -ote, and -azo. There must be similar ones in Portuguese. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypocoristic #119972 01/16/04 01:31 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California The etymology given made me wonder if charisma is related. No, Gk kharisma 'divine favor' (cf. eucharist, and modern Gk eukharisto 'thanks') is ultimately from the PIE root *gher- which also gives us English yearn, while koros 'boy' is from the root *ker- 'to grow' which gives Latin Ceres 'goddess of grain' (whence Spanish cerveza and cereal) and cresco 'to grow, wax' (crescent) from creo 'to bring forth, create'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Portuguese augmentatives #119973 01/16/04 02:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Yep! Two: -ão and -aço. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Portuguese augmentatives #119974 01/16/04 02:23 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Thanks, AnnaStrophic. Could you give me a couple, three, words that use these suffixes? How productive are they? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypocoristic #119975 01/16/04 04:37 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > used here before […]made me wonder if charisma is related hah, it’ s certainly been used here before in a caraismatic way! :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypocoristic #119976 01/16/04 10:06 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Yeh, I saw that one...but it didn't give me cardeaic arrest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypocoristic #119977 01/20/04 08:31 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia S Solamente, Doug. member Solamente, Doug. member S Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia In Brazilian soccer there is a tendency for players to use either a nickname or just their first name: Pele, Leonardo, Ronaldo. Younger players pay respect to their idols by adopting a diminutive version of their name: Leonardinho, Ronaldino. No Pelinho that I've heard of yet, perhaps a bit too cheeky for even the most brazen youngster. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypocoristic #119978 01/20/04 09:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York For special credit, Doug: do you know how to pronounce the "-inho"? 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