Morpheme
-c(u)l(e) [-cule, -cle, -cul]
Type
suffix
Denotation
Latin diminutive and instrumental suffix
Etymology
French -cule or Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus
Evidence
acicular, aedicule, animalcule, arbuscle, arbuscule, article, articulate, auricle, canicule, caulicle, clavicle, corbicular, corcule, cornicle, corpuscle, corpuscular, coticule, cubicle, -cular, curricular, emasculate, fascicle, fascicule, floscule, follicle, follicular, funicle, funicular, furuncle, geniculate, graticulate, homuncular, -icular, -icule, lenticle, lenticular, manicule, masculine, minuscule, molecule, monticle, monticule, muscle, muscular, opuscule, orbicular, orbicle, orbicule, pandiculation, pannicle, panniculectomy, pedicle, Pediculidae, pellicle, pellicule, poeticule, ponticular, scrobicle, scrobicular, tabernacle, tubercle, tuberculosis, unguicular, utricle, vascular, vehicle, vehicular, ventricle
