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-uculus
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Latin
Etymology
Alteration, probably by la 1, of diminutive suffix la -culus. (Some words ending in -uculus can be analyzed as containing la -culus preceded by the stem vowel -u- of the fourth declension, such as la genuculum from la genū̆.)
Pronunciation
-uculus
Suffix
-uculus
la -culus
added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
Derived terms
la
la diminutive suffixes