Morpheme
-culus
Type
suffix
Denotation
diminutive suffix (plural -culi)
Etymology
Latin -culus, from rebracketing of -cus + -ulus, from -lus
Evidence
articulus, colliculus, folliculus, fonticulus, funiculus, homunculus, lenticulus, monticulus, musculus, panniculus, Passerculus, ponticulus, utriculus
See Also
-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -cula, -culi, -cello, -celli, -cel(l) [-cel, -cell], -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -uli, -ulo, -ellus
