Where does “ventriculus” come from?

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

ventriculus (English): A digestive cavity or stomach

Definitions

  1. A digestive cavity or stomach

Ancestry of “ventriculus”, 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 →