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Where does “saccule” come from?

saccule (Latin) comes from Latin sacculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

saccule (Latin): vocative singular of sacculus

Definitions

  1. vocative singular of sacculus

Ancestry of “saccule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsacculusA small bag or sack; purse, sachet
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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