Where does “rēnunculus” come from?

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

rēnunculus (Latin): little kidney

Definitions

  1. little kidney

Ancestry of “rēnunculus”, 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 “rēnunculus”

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