Where does “genulieră” come from?

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

genulieră (Romanian): knee pad

Definitions

  1. knee pad

Ancestry of “genulieră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgenouillèreknee pad
2Frenchgenouknee; lap
3Old Frenchgenoilknee
4Latingenuculumknee
5Latingeniculumknee; little knot
6Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
7Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →