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Where does “-cellus” come from?
-cellus (Latin) comes from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.
Ancestry of “-cellus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
-culus
Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2
Proto-Italic
*-kelos
Diminutive suffix
Words derived from “-cellus”
-cello
panicellus
-cel
campicellum
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