Morpheme
-c(u)l(e) [-cule, -cle, -cul]
Type
suffix
Denotation
Lating diminutive or 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, 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, pellicle, pellicule, poeticule, ponticular, scrobicle, scrobicular, tabernacle, tuberculosis, utricle, vascular, vehicle, vehicular, ventricle
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -cula, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus
