| GHETTO | Its etymology may derive from the diminutive of "borough" in Italian |
| MIGNONETTE | Expressing the diminutive of French for "darling", "dainty" or "small and sweet", a plant in the genus Reseda with spires of fragrant chartreuse or white flowers; fine pillow lace; or, a sauce for fre |
| PESTO | Sauce whose name derives from "pound" in Italian |
| COSI | "So," in Italian |
| MOLTO | "Very," in Italian |
| SPINET | Little harpsichord whose name, which may derive from the Latin for "thorns", refers to the shape of the tiny quills that pluck its strings (6) |
| DADA | Movement whose name may derive from the French for "hobbyhorse" |
| SURINAME | Country whose name may derive from the Surinen Indigenous people |
| CHINO | Fabric whose name may derive from its country of origin |
| BELLIS | From the Latin meaning "beautiful, pretty", the genus of the flower whose common name "daisy" is thought to derive from the Old English for "day's eye" (6) |
| NYLON | Name, thought by some to derive from the combined names of the Big Apple and Square Mile, of a synthetic polymer; or, a sheer stocking made of this (5) |
| ZUCCHINI | This is the name of a plant that produces a dark green cylindrical fruit. It's a variety of summer squash in the gourd family-which is important, because this word in Italian is a diminutive of "gourd |
| SKA | Music genre whose name may derive from its distinctive guitar sound |
| CLOCK | Fluffy seed head of a dandelion; the name of the diminutive family in Mary Nortons novel The Borrowers; or, an item made by a horologist (5) |
| MUNCHKIN | Any of the diminutive characters usually dressed in blue from the Oz books by L. Frank Baum (8) |
| THEBLACKPRINCE | Sobriquet of the son and heir apparent of King Edward III (1312-77), thought to derive from the armour he wore (3,5,6) |
| ABACUS | Simple calculator whose name may derive from a Hebrew word meaning “dust” |
| CARAFE | Small bottle whose name may derive from Arabic for “draw water” |
| NOME | Any one of the diminutive beings in Terry Pratchett's The Bromeliad Trilogy (4) |
| FILBERT | Word for a cob or a hazelnut thought to derive from the name of the saint whose feast day coincided with the nutting season; or, a paintbrush used for oils (7) |
