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Where does “unguiculus” come from?

unguiculus (Latin) comes from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

Ancestry of “unguiculus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “unguiculus”

  • unguicular
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