Where does “peniko” come from?

peniko (Esperanto) comes from Latin pēniculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

peniko (Esperanto): paintbrush

Definitions

  1. paintbrush

Ancestry of “peniko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpēniculus—
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 pēniculus →