Where does “ventrikel” come from?

ventrikel (Dutch) comes from Latin ventriculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

ventrikel (Dutch): ventricle, type of major body cavity

Definitions

  1. ventricle, type of major body cavity

Ancestry of “ventrikel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinventriculusbelly; stomach; ventricle
2Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
3Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin ventriculus →