Morpheme
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle]
Type
suffix
Denotation
Latin diminutive or instrumental suffix
Etymology
rebracketed <-a-> of stem + -culum, from -culus, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus
Evidence
hibernacle, hibernaculum, jentacular, manacle, miracle, miraculous, obstacle, oracle, oracular, spectacle, spectacular, spiracle, tabernacle, tentacle, tentacular
See Also
-c(u)le [-cule, -cle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus, -ellum, -ella
