-culae

Morpheme

-culae

Type

suffix

Denotation

plural of diminutive -cula

Etymology

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

Evidence

aciculae, auriculae, claviculae, corbiculae, lenticulae, naviculae, nubeculae, pseudonaviculae, scrobicula, synapticulae, trabeculae

See Also

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