Where does “tirunculus” come from?

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

tirunculus (Latin): small or young recruit

Definitions

  1. small or young recruit

Ancestry of “tirunculus”, 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 →