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-otsuffix Primary stress is generally retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element, while the pronunciation of this suffix does not have uniform anglicization. Compare e.g. angelot n., picot n.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -ot. Etymology: < Old French, Middle French -ot (formations in which are found from the 13th cent.) < vulgar Latin -ottus , diminutive suffix, probably a variant of -ittus (see -et suffix1). Compare Italian -otto, Old Occitan -ot (Occitan -òt), Catalan -ot.The ending is found in a few post-medieval loanwords from French, e.g. angelot n., minot n., picot n. Only the early Middle English piot , earlier form of piet n., (perhaps) the later Middle English nysot n., popelot n., and the early modern carlot n. (in Shakespeare) appear to show use of the suffix in English word-formation. It may have influenced the form of some other words, e.g. perhaps eyot , variant of ait n. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). <  suffix |