Where does “unguiculus” come from?

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

unguiculus (Latin): a fingernail

Definitions

  1. a fingernail

Ancestry of “unguiculus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “unguiculus”

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