Where does “genoly” come from?

genoly (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

genoly (Franco-Provençal): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genoly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenuculumknee
2Latingeniculumknee; little knot
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →