Where does “unguiculate” come from?

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

unguiculate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of unguiculātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of unguiculātus

Ancestry of “unguiculate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinunguiculatusunguiculate
2Latinunguiculusa fingernail
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin unguiculus →