Where does “genuculum” come from?

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

genuculum (Latin): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genuculum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “genuculum”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →