Where does “-ulus” come from?

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

-ulus (Latin): Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

Definitions

  1. Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

Ancestry of “-ulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-olos—
2Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-ulus”

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