Where does “vallecola” come from?

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

vallecola (Italian): diminutive of valle; small valley

Definitions

  1. diminutive of valle; small valley

Ancestry of “vallecola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvalleculaA depression or groove in the anatomy
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 English vallecula →