Where does “laterculum” come from?

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

laterculum (Latin): a register containing a list of all the offices...

Definitions

  1. a register containing a list of all the offices...

Ancestry of “laterculum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “laterculum”

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