Where does “orbiculate” come from?

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

orbiculate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of orbiculātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of orbiculātus

Ancestry of “orbiculate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinorbiculatusrounded, circular, orbiculate
2Latinorbiculussmall disk
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 orbiculus →