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Where does “geniculum” come from?

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

geniculum (Latin): knee; little knot

Definitions

  1. knee; little knot

Ancestry of “geniculum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “geniculum”

  • geniculate
  • intergeniculate
  • retinogeniculate
  • corticogeniculate
  • geniculately
  • ingenuculare
  • aggeniculaturus
  • aggeniculatus
  • geniculate
  • aggeniculandus
  • aggeniculor
  • aggeniculans
  • geniculatus
  • îngenunchea
  • ingenuclare
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