Where does “genoil” come from?

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

genoil (Old French): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genoil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenuculumknee
2Latingeniculumknee; little knot
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “genoil

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelosEvery word from Latin -culusEvery word from Latin geniculum