Where does “pulvisculus” come from?

pulvisculus (English) comes from Latin pulvisculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

pulvisculus (English): The powder contained in the spore-cases of certain fungi

Definitions

  1. The powder contained in the spore-cases of certain fungi

Ancestry of “pulvisculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpulvisculusfine dust, fine powder
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 pulvisculus →