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Where does “turpiculus” come from?
turpiculus (Latin) comes from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.
Ancestry of “turpiculus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
-culus
Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2
Proto-Italic
*-kelos
Diminutive suffix
Words derived from “turpiculus”
subturpiculus
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