Patronymic/Diminutive各类型一览（持续更新中）

Patronymic/Diminutive各类型一览
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since 2014.6.3
Italian (as one of vernaculars of vulgar Latin):
fi-, derived from filius, Lat. 'son', e.g.: Fibonaccio, fi-Bonaccio, fi-=Fre. fils
-celli, e.g.: Botticelli.
-etto/-etta, m./f., e.g.: stilletto, cognate with French -et/-ette.
-ccio, e.g.: pistacchio; Bonaccio; Pinoccio, pino-, derived from Lat. pinus, 'pine-wood'.
-cino, e.g.: capuccino, dim. of capo, derived from Lat. caput, pl. capita, 'head'.
Celtic:
Irish mac-/mc-, e.g.: MacDonald, mac, 'son'.
Welsh map, 'son', e.g: Math map Matholwch, 'Math son of Matholwch', as according to Mabinogion.
Romano-Gaullish (ancient Gaullish under Latin influence) -nicno/-nicna,
 
Semitic:
Arabic ben/Iben/Ibn, lit.: 'son of', e.g.: ben Ladin, Hussain Ibn Abudul.
Ancient Phoenician
Hebrew ben, eg.: ben Shlomo, 'son of (King) Solomon'.
Classical Latin:
-ius/-ia, son/daughter of, Flavius, son of Flavus, cognate with -ium, sense of 'belonging to, pertaining to, subject to', similar to genitive usage, e.g.: Pluto, gen. Pluton-is, derivative pluton-ium.
-ianus/-iana, iterative sense of patronymic -ius and genitive -n-, mainly found in personal names, e.g.: Christianus, Trajanus, Hadrianus, Vespacianus.
-ulus/-ellus/-illus, e.g. calculus, dim. of calx(*calcus); libelli, dim. of liber, 'little book'; Caligula, lit. dim. of Caliga, 'boots made of strips of leather worn by Roman legionaries'; tabella, dim. of tabula, tablet.
English (of Germanic origin):
-son, e.g.: Jackson, son of Jack, as surname.
-ding/-ling/-lin, e.g.: goblin, zergling, Hunding, Wolfing, foundling, fledgling, from Old English or Anglo-Saxon, cognate with Old Germanic and Medieval High German.
Nordic/Norsk/Scandinavian/Danish:
-sen/-ssen, cognate with English 'son' and German 'Sohn', e.g.: Ericsen.
German:
-sohn, 'son'.
-lin, Old High German, e.g.: Vogelin, dim. of Vogel, 'bird'; violin; cognate with Modern German -lein, e.g.: Vogellein, dim. of Vogel.
-ling, Wolfing, son/heir of the House of Wolf, as in Wolfinga Saga. akin with English -ling, e.g.: halfling, zergling, foundling.
French (as mixture of Romano-Gaullic Celtic, vulgar Latin and Frankish Germanic, basically Romanized Frankish):
-et/-ette, m./f., e.g.: parchet, dim. of parc, 'little package'; tablet, dim. of table, lit. small table.
-let/-lette, e.g.: chevrolet, dim. m. of chevre.
Finnish/Finsk/Suomi( non-Indo-European language):
-atar, 'daught of', e.g.: kuningatar, lit.: daughter of king( kuninga, same with Anglo-Saxon/Old English kuninga), princess; Ilmatar, lit.: daughter of air/wind/sky.