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-usculus
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Latin
Etymology
From the diminutive suffix la -culus (itself from la -ulus), by la 1 of diminutives derived from original s-stem nouns and adjectives, such as la opusculum little work from la opus opus, operis n work and la meliusculus a little better from la melior melior, melius, meliōr- better.
Pronunciation
usculus
Suffix
-usculus la uncommon
Suffix forming diminutives from nouns. Ultimately an extended form of la -ulus.
la herba plant, herb → la herbuscula little plant
Declension
-usculus
Derived terms
la
Descendants
es -ucho 1Origin of the Hispano-Romance Suffix -ucho David Pharies Iberoromania 1999 49 https://www.academia.edu/98844147/Origin_of_the_Hispano_Romance_Suffix_ucho https://web.archive.org/web/20240817144428/https://www.academia.edu/98844147/Origin_of_the_Hispano_Romance_Suffix_ucho 17 August 2024
pt -ucho 1
References
la diminutive suffixes