Where does “joelho” come from?

joelho (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese gẽolho, from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

joelho (Portuguese): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “joelho”, step by step

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

Words derived from “joelho”

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