Where does “genoill” come from?

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

genoill (Old French): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genoill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latingenuclumknee
2Latingenuculumknee
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “genoill”

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