Where does “genunchieră” come from?

genunchieră (Romanian) comes from Romanian genunchi, from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

genunchieră (Romanian): knee pad

Definitions

  1. knee pad

Ancestry of “genunchieră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniangenunchiknee
2Latingenuculumknee
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →