Re: diminutives (was: Foreign Names)

"Diminutives apparently can be longer than the name they are derived from.
If I am not mistaken the word "diminutives" to describe these terms of
endearment comes from the fact that in many Western languages the suffix used
was the diminutive suffix otherwise used on nouns with the connotation of
smallness.

casa; casita, hence:

Rosa; Rosita

Jim H
(tá bredíay Drún)