Where does “geniculate” come from?

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

geniculate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of geniculātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of geniculātus

Ancestry of “geniculate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeniculatusknotty
2Latingeniculumknee; little knot
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →