Where does “-cel” come from?

-cel (Old French) comes from Latin -cellus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

-cel (Old French): Diminutive suffix

Definitions

  1. Diminutive suffix

Ancestry of “-cel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-cel”

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