50 Diminutive Suffixes (and a Cute Little Prefix)
www.dailywritingtips.com › 50-Dec 05, 2011 · -elle: This rare suffix occurs in organelle. 8. -en: This suffix denotes a small or young form, as in kitten, though chicken is a reverse example: Originally, in Old English (as cicen), the term for adults was fowl, and chicken denoted a young bird. It also refers what something is made of, as in woolen. 9.