Where does “corniculatus” come from?
corniculatus (Latin) comes from Latin corniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.
corniculatus (Latin): horn-shaped
Ancestry of “corniculatus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | corniculum | A little horn; A horn-shaped ornament on the... |
| 2 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | — |