-cula

Morpheme

-cula

Type

suffix

Denotation

instrument suffix (plural of -culum)

Etymology

Latin -cula, from -culum, from -culus, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus

Evidence

animalcula, cornicula, curricula, diverticula, synapticula

See Also

-ac(u)le, -c(u)le, -cula, -culae, -culum, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -ouche, -ula, -ula 2, -ulae, -(u)le, -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus, -ellum, -ella, -ellae, -ella 2, -elle, -ello, -ela, -el, -euil, -eil, -eille, -eau, -ot 2, -olon, -olus, -olum, -(o)l(e), -ola, -olae, -olo, -oli, -unc(u)le, -unculi, -unculus, -ucc, -il, -illus, -illa, -illae, -illum, -illo, -ille, -ille 2

Homographs

-cula