Where does “unguiculatus” come from?

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

unguiculatus (Latin): unguiculate

Definitions

  1. unguiculate

Ancestry of “unguiculatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinunguiculusa fingernail
2Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
3Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “unguiculatus”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin unguiculus →