-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, corcula, cornicula, curricula, diverticula, opuscula, oscula, synapticula

See Also

-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus

Homographs

-cula