A hypocorism ( / h aɪ ˈ p ɒ k ər ɪ z əm / hy- POK -ər-iz-əm or / ˌ h aɪ p ə ˈ k ɒr ɪ z əm / HY -pə- KORR -iz-əm ; from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma ; sometimes also hypocoristic ), or pet name , is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for Isabel or Bob for Robert, or it may be unrelated.
5-912: Hussong is a German surname. It comes from the French name, Husson (a hypocorism of the Old French personal name Hue or Hugues , itself a variant of the Germanic Hugo , which originates from the Proto-Germanic word hug- , meaning "heart", "mind", "spirit"). Notable people with the surname include: Christin Hussong (born 1994), German athlete Friedrich Hussong (1878–1943), German journalist Günther Hussong (born 1948), German poet Johann Hussong (1863–1928), German businessman who established Hussong's [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
10-610: A word is often clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with -y / -ie (phonologically /- i / ). Sometimes the suffix -o is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English , but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names, and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually considered distinct from diminutives, but they can also overlap. This name-related article
15-434: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Hypocorism Etymologically, the term hypocorism is from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα ( hypokórisma ), from ὑποκορίζεσθαι ( hypokorízesthai ), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix hypo- refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root korízesthai originates in
20-411: The surname Hussong . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hussong&oldid=1255011719 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
25-468: The Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words κόρος ( kóros ) 'boy, youth' and κόρη ( kórē ) 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics , the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection , or to words resulting from this process. In English,
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