Where does “ventriculus” come from?

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

ventriculus (Latin): belly; stomach; ventricle

Definitions

  1. belly; stomach; ventricle

Ancestry of “ventriculus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ventriculus

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos