Where does “ginocchio” come from?

ginocchio (Italian) comes from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

ginocchio (Italian): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “ginocchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenuculumknee
2Latingeniculumknee; little knot
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “ginocchio”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →
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