Where does “-usculus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-usculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “-usculus”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →