Morpheme
-cula
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminutive suffix (plural -culae), taxonomic suffix
Etymology
Latin -cula, from -culum, from -culus, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus
Evidence
acicula, auricula, Canicula, clavicula, corbicula, lenticula, pseudonavicula, navicula, nubecula, Orbicula, pinguicula, scrobicula, synapticula, trabecula
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -culae, -culum, -cula, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus
