Morpheme
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle]
Type
suffix
Denotation
Latin diminutive or instrumental suffix
Etymology
Latin (1) -aculum, from rebracketed <-a-> of stem + -culum, from -culus, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus and (2) -culum
Evidence
hibernacle, hibernaculum, jentacular, manacle, miracle, miraculous, obstacle, oracle, oracular, spectacle, spectacular, spiracle, tabernacle, tentacle, tentacular
See Also
-cula, -culae, -culum, -cula, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus
