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.
7-1068: Nando may refer to: People [ edit ] Nando (name) , a male given name or nickname (short for Fernando, Ferdinando, etc.) Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (born 1950), known as Nandó, Angolan politician and former Prime Minister of Angola Nando García (born 1994), Spanish footballer Fernando García Puchades Nando Gómez (born 1984), Spanish footballer Fernando Gómez Herrera Nando González (1921–1988), Spanish footballer Fernando González Valenciaga Kunio Nando (1916–2011), Japanese speed skater and coach Nando (footballer, born May 1967) , Spanish footballer Fernando Martínez Perales Nando (footballer, born October 1967) , Spanish footballer Fernando Muñoz García Nando (footballer, born 1990) , Portuguese footballer Fernando Henrique Quintela Cavalcante Nando (Mozambican footballer) (1982–2007), Mozambican footballer Fernando Paulo Matola Nando (futsal player) (born 1987), Brazilian futsal player Nando, former lead singer of Los Super Reyes ,
14-556: A Mexican-American cumbia group Fernando Tatís Jr. (born 1999), Dominican baseball player Other uses [ edit ] Nando (architecture) , a feature of Japanese architecture Nando (media company) , an American internet news service and Internet service provider Typhoon Nando (disambiguation) , a designation assigned by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration Nando, singular form of Nandor (Middle-earth) ,
21-455: A diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root korízesthai originates in 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
28-522: A term for a group of Elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth Nando, a European Union database on Notified Bodies See also [ edit ] Nando's , a South African casual dining restaurant chain Nando's Coffee House , a coffee house based in London (17th and 18th centuries) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
35-609: Is a name for males - often in Switzerland ( Graubünden ) and Italy . It is often a short form ( hypocorism ) of Fernando . Other forms are Ferdinand (male; Germanic) and Nándor (male; Hungarian) and Nanna / Nanda / Nande (female). Germanic : nantha → bold, reckless, brave 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
42-750: The standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection , or to words resulting from this process. In English, 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
49-448: The title Nando . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nando&oldid=1253194327 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nando (name) Nando
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