Where does “rānunculus” come from?

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

rānunculus (Latin): a little frog, polliwog, tadpole

Definitions

  1. a little frog, polliwog, tadpole

Ancestry of “rānunculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-unculusSuffix forming diminutive forms of nouns,...
2Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
3Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “rānunculus”

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