Where does “siphunculus” come from?

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

siphunculus (Latin): a little tube or pipe

Definitions

  1. a little tube or pipe

Ancestry of “siphunculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “siphunculus”

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