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Where does “geniculatus” come from?

geniculatus (Latin) comes from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

geniculatus (Latin): knotty

Definitions

  1. knotty

Ancestry of “geniculatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeniculumknee; little knot
2Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
3Proto-Italic*-kelos—

Words derived from “geniculatus”

  • geniculate
  • intergeniculate
  • retinogeniculate
  • corticogeniculate
  • geniculately
  • geniculate
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