Where does “-lus” come from?

-lus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

-lus (Latin): Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix

Ancestry of “-lus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-lus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →