Where does “pinocchio” come from?

pinocchio (Italian) comes from Latin pinuculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

pinocchio (Italian): pine nut, pine kernel

Definitions

  1. pine nut, pine kernel

Ancestry of “pinocchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpinuculus—
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 pinuculus →
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