-elette
See also: elette and életté
Middle French
Etymology
Combination of -el and -ette.
Suffix
-elette
- diminutive suffix
- costelette
- cutlet, literally "little rib"
References
- Etymology and history of “côtelette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. Contains a reference to -(el)ette in its etymology.