Where does “puerculus” come from?

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

puerculus (Latin): a small boy

Definitions

  1. a small boy

Ancestry of “puerculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →