Where does “anserculus” come from?

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

anserculus (Latin): gosling, little goose

Definitions

  1. gosling, little goose

Ancestry of “anserculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →