Morpheme
-culum
Type
suffix
Denotation
noun suffixing denoting an instrument or means (plural -cula)
Etymology
Latin (1) -culum, from -culus, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus and (2) -culum
Evidence
animalculum, corbiculum, corculum, corniculum, curriculum, diverticulum, Janiculum, opusculum, orbuculum, osculum, procrusculum, synapticulum
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -cula, -culae, -cula, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus
