-cula

Morpheme

-cula

Type

suffix

Denotation

(1) instrument suffix (plural of -culum); (2) diminutive suffix (plural -culae)

Etymology

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

Evidence

corbicula, cornicula, curricula, diverticula, lenticula, orbicula, trabecula

See Also

-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -c(u)le [-cule, -cle], -culae, -culum, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus, -ellum, -ella