ella








noun

  1. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”

  1. a suffix used as a formative in taxonomic names, especially genus names of bacteria: chorella; pasteurella; salmonella.

fem. proper name, when not a diminutive of Eleanor it is from Old High German Alia, from al “all.”

diminutive word-forming element, from Latin -ella, fem. of -ellus.

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