Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
by wlindley on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:05PM
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Also "napkin" (from nappe, old for "tablecloth"). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napkin#Etymology_and_terminolo...
Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
by physicsguy on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:20PM
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Only one I can think of these days are when kids call their parents something liked 'Daddykins'. But obviously there are words where it's now part of the word in it's own right today like 'napkin' or 'catkin'
Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
by schnable on Monday February 10, 2025 @01:10PM
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We have prefixes like “mega” and “super.”
Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
by onlypassingthru on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:04PM
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See also: jumbo-, hyper-, micro-, nano-, mini-, uber-.
I'm sure there are more but I haven't done enough crossword puzzles lately to be on top of my game.
I had to Google what "augmentative suffix" was; despite having taken several years of Spanish in middle school and high school and being aware of the concept, I somehow hadn't heard that term before! I don't think there's anything common for that in English; the only thing that springs to mind for me is the prefix "big-ass", which probably isn't different enough from the typical adjective used for this purpose to qualify.