Where does “pugiunculus” come from?

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

pugiunculus (Latin): a small dagger, poniard

Definitions

  1. a small dagger, poniard

Ancestry of “pugiunculus”, 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 →
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