devinette etymology

French word devinette comes from French -ette, French deviner (To guess; to work out, figure out. To sense, perceive.)

Detailed word origin of devinette

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ette French (fra)
deviner French (fra) To guess; to work out, figure out. To sense, perceive.
devinette French (fra) Riddle.

Words with the same origin as devinette

Descendants of -ette
allumette boulette braguette branlette camionnette casquette cassette chaussette cigare cigarette couchette cuvette fillette fourchette fourgonnette gâchette lunette mallette manchette mauviette oreillette roulette serviette sœurette