Where does “genoul” come from?

genoul (Middle French) comes from Old French genoil, from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

genoul (Middle French): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genoul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgenoilknee
2Latingenuculumknee
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →